Some of the information in this prospectus may contain “forward-looking statements.” All statements, other than statements of historical fact, included in this prospectus regarding our strategy, future operations, estimated revenues and losses, projected costs, prospects, plans and objectives of management are forward-looking statements. When used in this prospectus, words such as “may,” “assume,” “forecast,” “could,” “would,” “should,” “will,” “plan,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “estimate,” “expect,” “project,” “budget” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain such identifying words. These forward-looking statements are based on our current expectations and assumptions about future events and are based on currently available information as to the outcome and timing of future events at the time such statements were made. When considering forward-looking statements, you should keep in mind the risk factors and other cautionary statements described under the section titled “Risk Factors” included in this prospectus. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that may or may not occur in the future. Although we believe that the forward-looking statements contained in this prospectus are based on reasonable assumptions, you should be aware that many factors could affect our actual results of operations, cash flows and financial position and could cause actual results to differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements, including:
| • | our customers’ demand for and use of our surface, resources and water infrastructure assets; |
| • | our ability to enforce our SUA and other agreements with our customers; |
| • | the success of our operating partners in executing their business strategies, including their ability to construct and operate water infrastructure, attract customers and operate successfully; |
| • | our customers’ ability to develop our land or potential changes to our customers’ development plans, or any potential acquired acreage to accommodate any future surface use developments; |
| • | the domestic and foreign supply of, and demand for, energy sources, including the impact of actions relating to oil price and production controls by OPEC+ with respect to oil production levels and announcements of potential changes to such levels; |
| • | our reliance on a limited number of customers and a particular region for substantially all of our revenues, including the potential conditions of such customers within such region; |
| • | our ability to enter into favorable contracts regarding surface uses, access agreements and fee arrangements, including the prices we are able to charge and the margins we are able to realize; |
| • | our ability to maintain leases and permits, including our ability to renew leases on state and federal leased land; |
| • | changes in state and federal land use policies that change or restrict our right to use state and federal leased land or increase the cost of such leases; |
| • | our business strategies and our ability to execute thereon, including our ability to attract customers to use our land and resources; |
| • | commodity price volatility and trends related to changes in commodity prices, and our customers’ ability to manage through such volatility; |
| • | the level of competition from other companies, including those offering resources that compete with the resources from our land; |
| • | changes in the price charged to our customers and availability of services necessary for our customers to conduct their businesses, as a result of oversupply, government regulations or other factors; |
| • | any planned or future expansion projects by us or our customers; |
| • | the development of advances or changes in energy technologies or practices; |
| • | our ability to successfully implement our growth plans, including through future acquisitions of acreage and/or introduction of new revenue streams; |
| • | the potential deterioration of our customers’ financial condition and their ability to access capital to fund their development programs; |
| • | the degree to which consolidation among our customers may affect spending on U.S. drilling and completions in the near term; |
| • | our customers’ ability to obtain necessary supplies, raw materials and other critical components on a timely basis, or at all; |
| • | our and our customers’ ability to obtain government approvals or acquire or maintain necessary permits, including those related to the development and operation of produced water handling facilities, mines and water wells; |
| • | operational disruptions and liability related thereto associated with our customers, including those due to environmental hazards, fires, explosions, chemical mishandling or other industrial accidents; |
| • | our liquidity and our ability to access the capital markets on favorable terms, or at all, which depends on general market conditions, including the impact of inflation, elevated interest rates and Federal Reserve policies and potential economic recession; |
| • | uncertainty of estimates of resources and minerals, such as oil, natural gas and NGL reserves and production, including those of our customers; |
| • | the effects of changes in general economic, business or industry conditions, market volatility, including as a result of slowing growth and a potential economic recession, an elevated inflation rate, high interest rates, changes in U.S. and international trade policies and relations, central bank policy and associated liquidity risks; |
| • | the effects of political instability or armed conflict in oil and natural gas producing regions, which may decrease demand for oil and natural gas or contribute to volatility in the prices for oil and natural gas, which could decrease demand for the use of our land and resources; |
| • | our level of indebtedness and our ability to service our indebtedness; |
| • | title defects in the acreage that we acquire; |
| • | the markets for real estate in the areas in which we operate and own or plan to own real estate, including pricing estimates, availability of land and our ability to acquire such land on favorable terms, or at all; |
| • | our ability to integrate acquired acreage, and any future acquisitions, and manage related growth; |
| • | our ability to recruit and retain, or secure the services of, key management and other personnel and service providers; |
| • | changes in laws and regulations (or the interpretation thereof), including those related to hydraulic fracturing, accessing water, disposing of wastewater, transferring produced water, interstate brackish water transfer, carbon pricing, pipeline construction, taxation or emissions, leasing, permitting or drilling and various other environmental matters; |
| • | changes in effective tax rates, or adverse outcomes resulting from other tax increases or an examination of our income or other tax returns and tax inefficiencies; |
| • | general domestic and international political and regulatory conditions, including actions taken by the federal, state or foreign governments, such as executive orders or new or expanded regulations, including U.S. and international trade policies and tax policies, the OBBB Act and its impact on the IRA, and any action related to surface uses and/or development of our mineral and royalty interests; |
| • | the severity and duration of world health events, natural disasters or inclement or hazardous weather conditions, including cold weather, droughts, earthquakes, flooding and tornadoes; |
| • | evolving cybersecurity risks, such as those involving unauthorized access, denial-of-service attacks, malicious software, data privacy breaches by employees, insider or others with authorized access, cyber or phishing-attacks, ransomware, social engineering, physical breaches or other actions; and |
| • | other factors discussed elsewhere in this prospectus, including in the section titled “Risk Factors.” |
We caution you that these forward-looking statements are subject to all of the risks and uncertainties, most of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond our control, incident to the operation of business in our industry. We disclose important factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from our expectations under “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and elsewhere in this prospectus. Should one or more of the risks or uncertainties described in this prospectus occur, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, our actual results and plans could differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. Moreover, we operate in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment. New risks emerge from time to time. It is not possible for our management to predict all risks, nor can we assess the impact of all factors on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements we may make.
All forward-looking statements, expressed or implied, included in this prospectus are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary note. This cautionary note should also be considered in connection with any subsequent written or oral forward-looking statements that we or persons acting on our behalf may issue. Except as otherwise required by applicable law, we disclaim any duty to update any forward-looking statements, all of which are expressly qualified by the statements in this section, to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this prospectus.
