Kimbell Royalty Partners LP

Unless the context otherwise requi**res, references to “Kimbell Royalty Partners, LP,” “the Partnership,” or like terms refer to Kimbell Royalty Partners, LP and its subsidiaries. References to the “Operating Company” or “OpCo” refer to Kimbell Royalty Operating, LLC. References to “the General Partner” refer to Kimbell Royalty GP, LLC. References to “Kimbell Operating” refer to Kimbell Operating Company, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the General Partner. References to “the Sponsors” refer to affiliates of the Partnership’s founders, Ben J. Fortson, Robert D. Ravnaas, Brett G. Taylor and Mitch S. Wynne, respectively. References to the “Contributing Parties” refer to all entities and individuals, including certain affiliates of the Sponsors, that contributed, directly or indirectly, certain mineral and royalty interests to the Partnership.

NOTE 1—ORGANIZATION** AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION**

Organization

Kimbell Royalty Partners, LP is a Delaware limited partnership formed in 2015 to own and acquire mineral and royalty interests in oil and natural gas properties throughout the United States. The Partnership has elected to be taxed as a corporation for United States federal income tax purposes. As an owner of mineral and royalty interests, the Partnership is entitled to a portion of the revenues received from the production of oil, natural gas and associated natural gas liquids (“NGL”) from the acreage underlying its interests, net of post-production expenses and taxes. The Partnership is not obligated to fund drilling and completion costs, lease operating expenses or plugging and abandonment costs at the end of a well’s productive life. The Partnership’s primary business objective is to provide increasing cash distributions to unitholders resulting from acquisitions from third parties, its Sponsors and the Contributing Parties and from organic growth through the continued development by working interest owners of the properties in which it owns an interest.

Basis of Presentation

The Partnership’s year-end is December 31. The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”) and all intercompany balances are eliminated in consolidation. A summary of the significant accounting policies applied in the preparation of the accompanying consolidated financial statements follows.

Use of Estimates

Preparation of the Partnership’s financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts in the financial statements and notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Segment Reporting

The Partnership operates in asingle operating andreportable segment. Operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise for which separate financial information is evaluated regularly by the chief operating decision maker in deciding how to allocate resources and assess performance. The Partnership’s chief operating decision maker allocates resources and assesses performance based upon financial information of the Partnership as a whole.

Global Conflicts

In February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine and is still engaged in active armed conflict against the country. In October 2023, armed active conflict escalated in the Middle East between Israel and Hamas and is still active. These conflicts and the sanctions imposed in response have led to regional instability and caused dramatic fluctuations in global financial markets and have increased the level of global economic and political uncertainty, including uncertainty about world-wide oil supply and demand, which in turn has increased volatility in commodity prices. To date, the Partnership has not experienced a material impact to operations or the consolidated financial statements as a result of these conflicts; however, the Partnership will continue to monitor for events that could materially impact them.

NOTE 2—SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Management Estimates

The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, as well as certain financial statement disclosures. The Partnership evaluates estimates and assumptions on an ongoing basis using historical experience and other factors, including the current economic and commodity price environment. While management believes that the estimates and assumptions used in the preparation of the financial statements are appropriate, actual results could differ from these estimates. Significant estimates made in preparing these financial statements include the estimate of uncollected revenues and unpaid expenses from mineral and royalty interests in properties operated by nonaffiliated entities, the estimates of proved oil, natural gas and NGL reserves and related present value estimates of future net cash flows from those properties, recoverability of costs of unevaluated properties, valuation of commodity and interest rate derivative financial instruments and the fair value of equity-based compensation.

The discounted present value of the proved oil, natural gas and NGL reserves is a major component of the ceiling test calculation and requires many subjective judgments. Estimates of reserves are forecasts based on engineering and geological analyses. Different reserve engineers could reach different conclusions as to estimated quantities of oil, natural gas and NGL reserves based on the same information.

The passage of time provides more qualitative and quantitative information regarding reserve estimates, and revisions are made to prior estimates based on updated information. However, there can be no assurance that more significant revisions will not be necessary in the future. Significant downward revisions could result in ceiling test impairment representing a noncash charge to income. In addition to the impact on the calculation of the ceiling test, estimates of proved reserves are also a major component of the calculation of depletion.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

The Partnership considers all highly liquid instruments with a maturity date of three months or less at date of purchase to be cash and cash equivalents.

At times, the Partnership maintains deposits in federally insured financial institutions in excess of federally insured limits. Management monitors the credit ratings and concentration of risk with these financial institutions on a continuing basis to safeguard cash deposits. The Partnership has not experienced any losses related to amounts in excess of federally insured limits.

Oil, Natural Gas and NGL Receivables

Oil, natural gas and NGL receivables consists of revenue payments due to the Partnership from its mineral and royalty interests. The Partnership estimates and records an allowance for expected credit losses when failure to collect the receivable is considered probable based on the relevant facts and circumstances surrounding the receivable. As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, no allowance for expected credit losses is deemed necessary based upon a review of current receivables and the lack of historical write offs.

Derivative Financial Instruments

Commodity Derivatives

The Partnership’s ongoing operations expose it to changes in the market price for oil and natural gas. To manage risks related to fluctuations in prices attributable to its projected oil and natural gas production, the Partnership entered into oil and natural gas derivative contracts. Entrance into such contracts is dependent upon prevailing or anticipated market conditions.

Derivative instruments are recognized at fair value. If a right of offset exists under master netting arrangements and certain other criteria are met, derivative assets and liabilities with the same counterparty are netted on the consolidated balance sheet. The Partnership does not specifically designate derivative instruments as cash flow hedges, even though

they reduce its exposure to changes in oil and natural gas prices; therefore, gains and losses arising from changes in the fair value of derivatives are recognized on a net basis in the consolidated statements of operations within gain (loss) on commodity derivative instruments.

Interest Rate Swaps

The Partnership used an interest rate swap for the management of interest rate risk exposure, as the interest rate swap effectively converted a portion of the Partnership’s secured revolving credit facility from a floating to a fixed rate. Changes in the fair values of the Partnership’s interest rate swaps were recognized as gains or losses in the current period and are presented on a net basis within other income in the consolidated statements of operations.

Property and Equipment

Property and equipment includes office furniture and equipment, leasehold improvements, and computer hardware and equipment and is stated at historical cost. Depreciation and amortization are calculated using the straight-line method over expected useful lives ranging from three toseven years. Leasehold improvements are depreciated over the shorter of the expected useful life or the term of the underlying lease.

Loan Origination Costs

Certain direct costs associated with the Partnership’ssecured revolving credit facility are presented in the consolidated balance sheets as loan origination costs. These costs are amortized over the term of the secured revolving credit facility and included as a component of interest expense in the consolidated statements of operations.

Oil and Natural Gas Properties

The Partnership follows the full-cost method of accounting for costs related to its oil and natural gas properties. Under this method, all such costs are capitalized and amortized on an aggregate basis over the estimated lives of the properties using the unit-of-production method.

The capitalized costs are subject to a ceiling test, which limits capitalized costs to the aggregate of the present value of future net revenues attributable to proved oil, natural gas and NGL reserves discounted at 10% plus the lower of cost or market value of unproved properties. Costs associated with unevaluated properties are excluded from the full-cost pool until a determination as to the existence of proved reserves is able to be made.

While the quantities of proved reserves require substantial judgment, the associated prices of oil, natural gas and NGL reserves that are included in the discounted present value of the reserves are objectively determined. The ceiling test calculation requires use of the unweighted arithmetic average of the first day of the month price during the 12-month period ending on the balance sheet date and costs in effect as of the last day of the accounting period, which are generally held constant for the life of the properties. The present value is not necessarily an indication of the fair value of the reserves. Oil, natural gas and NGL prices have historically been volatile, and the prevailing prices at any given time may not reflect the Partnership’s or the industry’s forecast of future prices. For discussion regarding impairment on the Partnership’s oil and natural gas properties see Note 6—Oil and Natural Gas Properties.

The Partnership’s oil and natural gas properties are depleted on the unit-of-production method using estimates of proved oil, natural gas and NGL reserves. Sales or other dispositions of oil and gas properties are accounted for as adjustments to capitalized costs, with no gain or loss recorded unless the ratio of cost to estimated proved reserves would significantly change. No gains or losses were recorded for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 or 2021.

The Partnership assesses all unevaluated properties on periodic basis for possible impairment. The Partnership assesses properties on an individual basis or as a group if properties are individually insignificant. The assessment includes consideration of the following factors, among others: economic and market conditions; operators’ intent to drill; remaining lease term; geological and geophysical evaluations; operators’ drilling results and activity; the assignment of proved reserves; and the economic viability of operator development if proved reserves are assigned. Costs associated with unevaluated properties are excluded from the full cost pool until a determination as to the existence of proved reserves is

able to be made. During any period in which these factors indicate an impairment, all or a portion of the associated leasehold costs are transferred to the full cost pool and are then subject to amortization and to the full cost ceiling test.

Due to the nature of the Partnership’s mineral and royalty interests, there areno exploratory activities pending determination, andno exploratory costs were charged to expense for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 or 2021.

Other Current Liabilities

Other current liabilities consist primarily of Series A preferred unit and Class B unit distributions, accrued interest, revenue payable, accrued tax liability, ad valorem taxes and short-term operating lease liabilities.

Earnings Per Unit

Earnings per unit applicable to limited partners is computed utilizing the “if-converted” method, which is calculated by dividing limited partners’ interested in net income by the weighted average number of outstanding common units. The treasury-stock method is utilized to determine the dilutive effect, if any, of unvested common units granted under the Partnership’s long-term incentive plan (“LTIP”).

Income Taxes

As discussed further in Note 1—Organization and Basis of Presentation, the Partnership has elected to be taxed as a corporation for United States federal income tax purposes. The non-controlling interest, which represents OpCo common unitholders’, as defined below, are not subject to federal income taxes.

Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to temporary differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period of the enactment date. Valuation allowances are established when it is more likely than not that some or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.

Uncertain tax positions are recognized in the financial statements only if that position is more-likely-than-not of being sustained upon examination by taxing authorities, based on the technical merits of the position. The Partnership hadno uncertain tax positions at December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021.

The Partnership recognizes interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions in income tax expense. For the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021, the Partnership didnot recognize any interest or penalty expense related to uncertain tax positions.

Concentration of Credit Risk

The Partnership has no involvement or operational control over the volumes and method of sale of oil, natural gas and NGLs produced and sold from the properties. It is believed that the loss of any single purchaser would not have a material adverse effect on the results of operations.

During the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021, the Partnership’stop purchaser accounted for approximately 6.7%,11.3% and 6.0%, respectively, of oil, natural gas and NGL sales revenue.

Commodity derivative financial instruments may expose the Partnership to credit risk; however, the Partnership monitors the creditworthiness of its counterparties. While the Partnership does not require the counterparties to its derivative contracts to post collateral, the Partnership does evaluate the credit standing of such counterparties as they deem appropriate. This evaluation includes reviewing a counterparty’s credit rating and latest financial information.

Non-controlling Interest

Non-controlling interest in the accompanying consolidated financial statements represents OpCo common unitholders’, as defined below, ownership in the net assets of the Operating Company. When the OpCo common unitholders’ relative ownership interest in the Operating Company changes, adjustments to non-controlling interest and common unitholder equity will occur. Because these changes in the Partnership’s ownership interest in the Operating Company did not result in a change of control, the transactions were accounted for as equity transactions under ASC Topic 810, “Consolidation.” This guidance requires that any differences between the carrying value of the Partnership’s basis in the Operating Company and the fair value of the consideration received are recognized directly in equity and attributed to the controlling interest. See Note 10—Unitholders’ Equity and Partnership Distributions for further discussion.

Revenue from Contracts with Customers

The Partnership has the right to receive revenues from oil, natural gas and NGL sales obtained by the operator of the wells in which the Partnership owns a mineral or royalty interest. Revenue is recognized at the point control of the product is transferred to the purchaser. Virtually all of the pricing provisions in the Partnership’s contracts are tied to a market index.

The Partnership’s oil, natural gas and NGL sales contracts are generally structured whereby the producer of the properties in which the Partnership owns a mineral or royalty interest sells the Partnership’s proportionate share of oil, natural gas and NGL production to the purchaser and the Partnership collects its percentage royalty based on the revenue generated by the sale of the oil, natural gas and NGL. In this scenario, the Partnership recognizes revenue when control transfers to the purchaser at the wellhead or at the gas processing facility based on the Partnership’s percentage ownership share of the revenue, net of any deductions for gathering and transportation.

The following table disaggregates the Partnership’s oil, natural gas, and NGL revenues for the following periods:

Transaction Price Allocated to Remaining Performance Obligations

The Partnership’s right to revenue does not originate until production occurs and, therefore, is not considered to exist beyond each day’s production. Therefore, there are no remaining performance obligation under any of the Partnership’s revenue contracts.

Contract Balances

Under the Partnership’s revenue contracts, it would have the right to receive revenue from the producer once production has occurred, at which point payment is unconditional. Accordingly, the Partnership’s revenue contracts do not give rise to contract assets or liabilities under GAAP.

Prior-Period Performance Obligations

The Partnership records revenue in the month production is delivered to the purchaser. However, settlement statements for certain oil, natural gas and NGL sales may not be received forone tofour months after the date production is delivered, and as a result, the Partnership is required to estimate the revenue to be received based upon the Partnership’s interest. The Partnership records the differences between its estimates and the actual amounts received in the month that payment is received from the producer. Identified differences between the Partnership’s revenue estimates and actual revenue received historically have not been significant. For the year ended December 31, 2023, revenue recognized in the reporting period related to performance obligations satisfied in prior reporting periods was not material. The Partnership believes that the pricing provisions of its oil, natural gas and NGL contracts are customary in the industry. To the extent

actual volumes and prices of oil and natural gas sales are unavailable for a given reporting period because of timing or information not received from third parties, the royalties related to expected sales volumes and prices for those properties are estimated and recorded.

Fair Value Measurements

The Partnership measures and reports certain assets and liabilities on a fair value basis and has classified and disclosed its fair value measurements using the levels of the fair value hierarchy. The carrying amount of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and other current liabilities as reflected in the consolidated balance sheets, approximate fair value because of the short-term maturity of these instruments. The carrying amount reported for long-term debt represents fair value as the interest rates approximate current market rates. These estimated fair values may not be representative of actual values of the financial instruments that could have been realized or that will be realized in the future. See Note 5—Fair Value Measurements for further discussion of the Partnership’s fair value measurements.

Consolidation

The Partnership analyzes whether it has a variable interest in an entity and whether that entity is a variable interest entity (“VIE”) to determine whether it is required to consolidate those entities. The Partnership performs the variable interest analysis for all entities in which it has a potential variable interest, which primarily consist of all entities with respect to which the Partnership serves as the sponsor, general partner or managing member, and general partner entities not wholly owned by the Partnership. If the Partnership has a variable interest in the entity and the entity is a VIE, it will also analyze whether the Partnership is the primary beneficiary of this entity and whether consolidation is required.

In evaluating whether it has a variable interest in the entity, the Partnership reviews the equity ownership and the extent to which it absorbs risk created and distributed by the entity, as well as whether the fees charged to the entity are customary and commensurate with the level of effort required to provide services. Fees received by the Partnership are not variable interests if (i) the fees are compensation for services provided and are commensurate with the level of effort required to provide those services, (ii) the service arrangement includes only terms, conditions, or amounts that are customarily present in arrangements for similar services negotiated at arm’s length and (iii) the Partnership’s other economic interests in the VIE held directly and indirectly through its related parties, as well as economic interests held by related parties under common control, where applicable, would not absorb more than an insignificant amount of the entity’s losses or receive more than an insignificant amount of the entity’s benefits. Evaluation of these criteria requires judgment.

For entities determined to be VIEs, the Partnership must then evaluate whether it is the primary beneficiary of such VIEs. To make this determination, the Partnership evaluates its economic interests in the entity specifically determining if the Partnership has both the power to direct the activities of the VIE that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance and the obligation to absorb losses or the right to receive benefits that could potentially be significant to the VIE (the “benefits”). When making the determination on whether the benefits received from an entity are significant, the Partnership considers the total economics of the entity, and analyzes whether the Partnership’s share of the economics is significant. The Partnership utilizes qualitative factors, and, where applicable, quantitative factors, while performing the analysis.

VIEs of which the Partnership is the primary beneficiary have been included in the Partnership’s consolidated financial statements. The portion of the consolidated subsidiaries owned by third parties and any related activity is eliminated through non-controlling interests in the consolidated balance sheets and income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interests in the consolidated statements of operations.

Investments Held in Trust by Consolidated Variable Interest Entities

Investments held in trust represent funds raised by TGR (as defined in Note 3), a consolidated special purpose acquisition company, through the TGR IPO (as defined in Note 3). These funds were held in an actively-traded money market fund, which invested in U.S. Treasury securities. Investments held in trust were classified as trading securities and presented on the balance sheets at fair value at the end of each reporting period. Gains and losses resulting from the change in fair value of these securities were included in other income (expense)—interest earned on marketable securities in trust account on the accompanying consolidated statements of operations. The estimated fair values of investments held in the

trust account were determined using quoted prices in an active market and therefore classified in Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy, as described in Note 5— Fair Value Measurements.

Redeemable Non-Controlling Interest

Redeemable non-controlling interests represented the shares of Class A common stock of TGR par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class A common stock”) sold in the TGR IPO that were redeemable for cash by the public TGR shareholders that would have been concurrent with TGR’s initial business combination or in the event of TGR’s failure to complete a business combination or a tender offer. The redeemable non-controlling interests were initially recorded at their original issue price, net of issuance costs and the initial fair value of separately traded warrants. As of June 30, 2023, the shares had been redeemed in full.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

In March 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2023-01, “Leases (Topic 842): Common Control Arrangements.” This update requires that (i) entities determine whether a related party arrangement between entities under common control is a lease and (ii) that leasehold improvements have an amortization period consistent with the shorter of the remaining lease term and the useful life of the improvements, which is an approach that is largely consistent with legacy guidance. This update is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, including interim periods within that fiscal year. The Partnership is currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of this update, but does not believe it will have a material impact on its financial position, results of operations or liquidity.

In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-07, “Segment Reporting (Topic 820): Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures.” The amendments in this update apply to all public entities that are required to report segment information in accordance with Topic 280, Segment Reporting. The amendments in this update are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2024. Early adoption is permitted. The Partnership is currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of this update, but does not believe it will have a material impact on its financial position, results of operations or liquidity.

In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures.” The amendments in this update apply to all entities that are subject to Topic 740, Income Taxes. For public business entities, the amendments in this update are effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024. For entities other than public business entities, the amendments are effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2025. The Partnership is currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of this update, but does not believe it will have a material impact on its financial position, results of operations or liquidity.

NOTE 3—ACQUISITIONS, JOINT VENTURES AND****SPECIAL PURPOSE ACQUISITION COMPANY

Acquisitions

2023 Activity

On September 13, 2023, the Partnership completed the acquisition of all issued and outstanding membership interests of Cherry Creek Minerals LLC pursuant to a securities purchase agreement with LongPoint Minerals II, LLC (the “LongPoint Acquisition”) in a cash transaction valued at approximately $455.0 million. The Partnership funded the cash transaction with borrowings under its secured revolving credit facility and net proceeds from the Preferred Unit Transaction (as defined in Note 9—Preferred Units). The adjusted purchase price of the LongPoint Acquisition includes the total cash consideration of $455.0 million, transactional costs of $7.4 million and less $16.6 million of post-effective net oil, natural gas and NGL revenues earned prior to the closing date. The LongPoint Acquisition was accounted for as an asset acquisition and the allocation of the purchase price was $198.2 million to proved properties and $247.6 million to unevaluated properties.

On May 17, 2023, the Partnership completed the acquisition of certain mineral and royalty assets held by MB Minerals, L.P. and certain of its affiliates (the “MB Minerals Acquisition”). The aggregate consideration for the MB Minerals Acquisition consisted of (i) approximately $48.8 million in cash and (ii) the issuance of (a)5,369,218 OpCo

Common Units and an equal number of Class B units representing limited partnership interests in the Partnership (“Class B units”) and (b)557,302 common units. The Partnership funded the cash payment of the purchase price with borrowings under its secured revolving credit facility. The assets acquired in the MB Minerals Acquisition are located in Howard and Borden Counties, Texas. The MB Minerals Acquisition was accounted for as an asset acquisition and the allocation of the purchase price was $60.8 million to proved properties and $74.9 million to unevaluated properties.

2022 Activity

On December 15, 2022, the Partnership completed the acquisition of certain mineral and royalty assets held by Hatch Royalty LLC (the “Hatch Acquisition”). The aggregate consideration for the Hatch Acquisition consisted of (i) approximately $150.4 million in cash and (ii) the issuance of 7,272,821 OpCo common units and an equal number of Class B units. The Partnership funded the cash payment of the purchase price with borrowings under its secured revolving credit facility. The assets acquired in the Hatch Acquisition are located in the Permian Basin and the Partnership estimates that the assets consisted of approximately 889 net royalty acres on approximately 230,000 gross acres. The Hatch acquisition was accounted for as an asset acquisition and the allocation of the purchase price was $56.4 million to proved properties and $204.7 million to unevaluated properties.

2021 Activity

On March 10, 2021, the Partnership completed the acquisition of certain mineral and royalty assets held by Nail Bay Royalties, LLC (“Nail Bay Royalties”) and Oil Nut Bay Royalties, LP for a total purchase price of $0.5 million. The assets acquired were managed by Nail Bay Royalties and Duncan Management, LLC (“Duncan Management”). See Note 14—Related Party Transactions, for further discussion of the Partnership’s relation to each entity.

On December 7, 2021, the Partnership completed the acquisition of all of the equity interests incertain subsidiaries owned by Caritas Royalty Fund LLC and certain of its affiliates (the “Cornerstone Acquisition”)for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $54.6 million. The Partnership funded the payment of the purchase price with borrowings under its secured revolving credit facility. The assets acquired in the Cornerstone Acquisition consisted of approximately 26,000 gross producing wells across the Permian, Mid-Continent, Haynesville and other leading U.S. basins.

Both 2021 acquisitions were accounted for as asset acquisitions and the allocation of the purchase price was $55.3 million to proved properties.

Joint Ventures

On June 19, 2019, the Partnership entered into a joint venture (the “Joint Venture”) with Springbok SKR Capital Company, LLC and Rivercrest Capital Partners, LP, a related party. The Partnership’s ownership in the Joint Venture was 49.3%. During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Joint Venture completed the sale of its royalty, mineral and overriding interests and similar non-cost bearing interests in oil and gas properties for a total purchase price of $15.0 million. Net proceeds distributed to the Partnership were $6.5 million during the year ended December 31, 2022, the majority of which was used to repay debt on the Partnership’s secured revolving credit facility. On November 1, 2022, the Joint Venture was dissolved.

Special Purpose Acquisition Company

On January 29, 2021, the Partnership’s recently dissolved special purpose acquisition company and subsidiary, Kimbell Tiger Acquisition Corporation (“TGR”), filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).

TGR was formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. Kimbell Tiger Acquisition Sponsor, LLC (“TGR Sponsor”), which was a subsidiary of the Partnership, and was created to assist TGR in sourcing, analyzing and consummating acquisition opportunities for that initial business combination. TGR Sponsor and TGR were consolidated in the financial statements of the Partnership beginning in the year ended December 31, 2021.

On February 8, 2022, TGR consummated its $230.0 million initial public offering (the “TGR IPO”). Under the terms of TGR’s governing documents, TGR had until May 8, 2023 to complete a business combination, subject to TGR Sponsor’s option to extend such deadline bythree months up totwo times.

On May 22, 2023, as a result of TGR’s inability to consummate an initial business combination on or prior to May 8, 2023, and pursuant to the terms of its organizational documents, TGR redeemed all of its outstanding shares of Class A common stock included as part of the units issued in its initial public offering. The Class A common stock was redeemed on June 22, 2023 and the Partnership completed the dissolution and deconsolidation of TGR (along with TGR Sponsor) on June 30, 2023 in accordance with the terms of its organizational documents. The net non-cash impact of the deconsolidation of TGR was $1.6 million, which is included in theaccompanying consolidated balance sheet of as of December 31, 2023 and treated as accretion of redeemable non-controlling interest in TGR in the accompanying consolidated statements of changes in unitholders’ equity for the year ended December 31, 2023.

NOTE 4—DERIVATIVES

Commodity Derivatives

The Partnership’s ongoing operations expose it to changes in the market price for oil and natural gas. To mitigate the inherent commodity price risk associated with its operations, the Partnership uses oil and natural gas commodity derivative financial instruments. From time to time, such instruments may include variable-to-fixed-price swaps, costless collars, fixed-price contracts, and other contractual arrangements. The Partnership enters into oil and natural gas derivative contracts that contain netting arrangements with each counterparty.

At December 31, 2023, the Partnership’s commodity derivative contracts consisted of fixed price swaps, under which the Partnership receives a fixed price for the contract and pays a floating market price to the counterparty over a specified period for a contracted volume.

The Partnership’s oil fixed price swap transactions are settled based upon the average daily prices for the calendar month of the contract period, and its natural gas fixed price swap transactions are settled based upon the last scheduled trading day of the first nearby month futures contract corresponding to the relevant contract period. Settlement for oil derivative contracts occurs in the succeeding month and natural gas derivative contracts are settled in the production month. Changes in the fair values of the Partnership’s commodity derivative instruments are recognized as gains or losses in the current period and are presented on a net basis within revenue in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.

Interest Rate Swaps

On January 27, 2021, the Partnership entered into an interest rate swap with Citibank, N.A., New York (“Citibank”), which fixed the interest rate on $150.0 million of the notional balance on our secured revolving credit facility. On May 17, 2022, the Partnership entered into a partial termination agreement with Citibank to unwind 50% of the interest rate swap. On August 8, 2022, the Partnership entered into a termination agreement with Citibank to unwind the remaining 50% of the interest rate swap. The terminations resulted in a $6.4 million gain for the year ended December 31, 2022, which is included in other income (expense) in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations. The Partnership used an interest rate swap for the management of interest rate risk exposure, as the interest rate swap effectively converted a portion of the Partnership’s secured revolving credit facility from a floating to a fixed rate. Changes in the fair values of the Partnership’s interest rate swaps were recognized as gains or losses in the current period and were presented on a net basis within other income in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations. As of December 31, 2021, the interest rate swap had a total notional amount of $150.0 million and a fair value of $1.8 million.

The Partnership has not designated any of its derivative contracts as hedges for accounting purposes. Changes in the fair value consisted of the following:

The following table presents the fair value of the Partnership’s derivative contracts for the periods indicated:

At December 31, 2023, the Partnership’s open commodity derivative contracts consisted of the following:

Oil Price Swaps

Natural Gas Price Swaps

NOTE 5—FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

The Partnership measures and reports certain assets and liabilities on a fair value basis and has classified and disclosed its fair value measurements using the levels of the fair value hierarchy noted below. The carrying values of cash, oil, natural gas and NGL receivables, accounts receivable and other current assets and current and long-term liabilities included in the consolidated balance sheets approximated fair value at December 31, 2023 and 2022 due to their short-term duration and variable interest rates that approximate prevailing interest rates as of each reporting period. As a result, these financial assets and liabilities are not discussed below.

Assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value are classified based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The Partnership’s assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement in its entirety requires judgment and considers factors specific to the asset or liability. The Partnership recognizes transfers between fair value hierarchy levels as of the end of the reporting period in which the event or change in circumstances causing the transfer occurred. The Partnership did not have any transfers between Level 1, Level 2 or Level 3 fair value measurements during the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022.

The estimated fair values of investments held in the trust account are determined using quoted prices in an active market and therefore are classified in Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy. The Partnership’s commodity derivative instruments are classified within Level 2. The fair values of the Partnership’s oil and natural gas fixed price swaps are based upon inputs that are either readily available in the public market, such as oil and natural gas futures prices, volatility factors and discount rates, or can be corroborated from active markets.

The following tables summarize the Partnership’s assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis by the fair value hierarchy:

NOTE 6**—**OIL AND NATURAL GAS PROPERTIES

Oil and natural gas properties consist of the following:

The net capitalized costs of proved oil and natural gas properties are subject to a full-cost ceiling limitation for which the costs are not allowed to exceed their related estimated future net revenues discounted at 10%. To the extent capitalized costs of evaluated oil and natural gas properties, net of accumulated depreciation, depletion, amortization and impairment, exceed estimated discounted future net revenues of proved oil and natural gas reserves, the excess capitalized costs are charged to expense. The Partnership assesses all unevaluated properties on a periodic basis for possible impairment. The Partnership assesses properties on an individual basis or as a group if properties are individually insignificant. The assessment includes consideration of the following factors, among others: economic and market conditions, operators’ intent to drill, remaining lease term, geological and geophysical evaluations, operators’ drilling results and activity, the assignment of proved reserves and the economic viability of operator development if proved reserves are assigned. Costs associated with unevaluated properties are excluded from the full cost pool until a determination as to the existence of proved developed reserves is able to be made. During any period in which these factors indicate an impairment, all or a portion of the associated leasehold costs are transferred to the full cost pool and are then subject to amortization and to the full cost ceiling test.

As a result of its full cost ceiling analysis, the Partnership recorded an impairment on its oil and natural gas properties of $18.2 million during the year ended December 31, 2023. The impairment is primarily attributed to the decline in the 12-month average price of oil and natural gas. As of December 31, 2023, the 12-month average prices of oil and natural gas were $78.22 per Bbl of oil and $2.64 per Mcf of natural gas. These prices represent a 16.5% and 58.5% decrease, respectively, from the 12-month average prices of oil and natural gas as of December 31, 2022, which were $93.67 per Bbl of oil and $6.36 per Mcf of natural gas. The Partnership didnot record an impairment on its oil and natural gas properties for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021.

NOTE 7—LEASES

Substantially all of the Partnership’s leases are long-term operating leases with fixed payment terms and will terminate in June 2029. The Partnership’s right-of-use (“ROU”) operating lease assets represent its right to use an underlying asset for the lease term, and its operating lease liabilities represent its obligation to make lease payments. ROU operating lease assets and operating lease liabilities are included in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. Short-term operating lease liabilities are included in other current liabilities. The weighted average remaining lease term as of December 31, 2023 is 5.43 years.

Both the ROU operating lease assets and liabilities are recognized at the present value of the remaining lease payments over the lease term and do not include lease incentives. The Partnership’s leases do not provide an implicit rate that can readily be determined; therefore, the Partnership used a discount rate based on its incremental borrowing rate, which is determined by the information available in the secured revolving credit facility. The incremental borrowing rate reflects the estimated rate of interest that the Partnership would pay to borrow, on a collateralized basis over a similar term, an amount equal to the lease payments in a similar economic environment. The weighted average discount rate used for the operating lease was 6.75% for the year ended December 31, 2023.

Operating lease expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term and is included in general and administrative expense in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations. The total operating lease expense recorded for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021 was $0.6 million, $0.5 million and $0.4 million, respectively.

Currently, the most substantial contractual arrangements that the Partnership has classified as operating leases are the main office spaces used for operations.

Maturities of lease liabilities as of December 31, 2023 are as follows:

NOTE 8—LONG-TERM DEBT

On June 13, 2023, the Partnership entered into an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “A&R Credit Agreement”), which amended and restated the Partnership’s existing Credit Agreement, dated as of January 11, 2017 (as amended on July 12, 2018, December 8, 2020, June 7, 2022 and December 15, 2022). The A&R Credit Agreement provides for, among other things, (i) a senior secured reserve-based revolving credit facility in an aggregate maximum principal amount of up to$750.0 million with an initial borrowing base of$400.0 million and an initial aggregate elected commitments amount of up to$400.0 million, including a sub-facility for the issuance of letters of credit of up to$10.0 million, and (ii) an extension of the maturity date of the A&R Credit Agreement to June 7, 2027. In connection with the A&R Credit Agreement, the Partnership recorded a loss on extinguishment of debt of $0.5 million as a result of writing off all unamortized loan origination costs associated with the lenders to the Partnership’s existing credit agreement that did not participate in the A&R Credit Agreement.

On July 24, 2023, the Partnership entered into Amendment No. 1 (the “First Amendment”) to the A&R Credit Agreement. The amendment amended the A&R Credit Agreement to, among other things, (i) decrease the frequency of and increase the threshold for excess cash determinations from$30.0 million to$50.0 million, and (ii) permit the Partnership to issue certain preferred equity interests.

On December 8, 2023, in connection with the November 1, 2023 redetermination, the Partnership entered into Amendment No. 2 (the “Second Amendment”) to the A&R Credit Agreement. The amendment amends the A&R Credit Agreement to, among other things, increase each of the borrowing base and aggregate elected commitments from $400.0 million to $550.0 million.

The secured revolving credit facility bears interest at a rate equal to, at the Partnership’s election, either (a) the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (as defined in the A&R Credit Agreement) plus an applicable margin that varies from 2.75% to 3.75% per annum or (b) a base rate plus an applicable margin that varies from 1.75% to 2.75% per annum, based on borrowing base utilization.

The secured revolving credit facility is guaranteed by certain of the Partnership’s material subsidiaries and is collateralized by substantially all assets, including the oil and natural gas properties of such subsidiaries, including mortgages on at least 75% of the PV-9 of the proved reserves constituting borrowing base properties as set forth on the Partnership’s most recent reserve report. The borrowing base will be redetermined semi-annually on or about May 1 and November 1 of each year by the Lenders, with one interim unscheduled redetermination available to each of the Partnership and a group of certain Lenders between scheduled redeterminations during each calendar year. The next scheduled redetermination will be on or around May 1, 2024.

Customary borrowing base reductions and mandatory prepayments are required under the A&R Credit Agreement in connection with certain sales of certain types of borrowing base properties, sales of equity interests in guarantor subsidiaries owning such properties, certain debt issuances or certain types of swap terminations. In addition, Cash Balance (as defined in the First Amendment) above$50.0 million is required to be applied weekly to prepay loans (without a commitment reduction) if not otherwise reduced tozero in a manner permitted by the A&R Credit Agreement.

The Partnership is required to pay a commitment fee of 0.50% per annum on the average daily unused portion of the current aggregate commitments under thesecured revolving credit facility. The Partnership is also required to pay customary letter of credit and fronting fees.

The A&R Credit Agreement requires the Partnership to maintain as of the last day of each fiscal quarter: (i) a Debt to EBITDAX Ratio (as defined in the A&R Credit Agreement) of not more than 3.5 to 1.0 and (ii) a ratio of current assets to current liabilities of not less than 1.0 to 1.0.

The A&R Credit Agreement also contains customary affirmative and negative covenants, including, among other things, as to compliance with laws (including environmental laws and anti-corruption laws), delivery of quarterly and annual financial statements and borrowing base certificates, conduct of business, maintenance of property, maintenance of insurance, entry into certain derivatives contracts, restrictions on the incurrence of liens, indebtedness, asset dispositions, restricted payments, and other customary covenants. These covenants are subject to a number of limitations and exceptions.

Additionally, the A&R Credit Agreement contains customary events of default and remedies for credit facilities of this nature. If the Partnership does not comply with the financial and other covenants in the A&R Credit Agreement, the Lenders may, subject to customary cure rights, require immediate payment of all amounts outstanding under the A&R Credit Agreement and any outstanding unfunded commitments may be terminated.

During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Partnership borrowed an additional $201.1 million under the secured revolving credit facility and repaid approximately $139.9 million of the outstanding borrowings. As of December 31, 2023, the Partnership’s outstanding balance was $294.2 million and there wereno outstanding letters of credit under the secured revolving credit facility. The Partnership was in compliance with all covenants included in the secured revolving credit facility as of December 31, 2023.

As of December 31, 2023, borrowings under the secured revolving credit facility bore interest at SOFR plus a margin of 3.25% or the ABR (as defined in the Amended Credit Agreement) plus a margin of 2.25%. For the year ended December 31, 2023, the weighted average interest rate on the Partnership’s outstanding borrowings was 8.62%.

NOTE 9—PREFERRED UNITS

On August 2, 2023, the Partnership entered into a Series A preferred unit purchase agreement with certain funds managed by affiliates of Apollo (NYSE: APO) (collectively, the “Series A Purchasers”) to issue and sell up to 400,000 Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Units representing limited partner interests in the Partnership (the “Series A preferred units”). On September 13, 2023, in connection with the closing of the LongPoint Acquisition, the Partnership completed the private placement of 325,000 Series A preferred units to the Series A Purchasers for $1,000 per Series A preferred unit, resulting in gross proceeds to the Partnership of $325.0 million (the “Preferred Unit Transaction”). The Partnership used the net proceeds from the Preferred Unit Transaction to purchase 325,000 preferred units of the Operating Company (“OpCo preferred units”). The Operating Company in turn used the net proceeds to fund a portion of the LongPoint Acquisition. The Series A preferred units rank senior to the Partnership’s common units with respect to distribution rights and rights upon liquidation.

Until the conversion of the Series A preferred units into common units or their redemption, holders of the Series A preferred units are entitled to receive cumulative quarterly distributions equal to 6.0% per annum plus accrued and unpaid distributions. The Partnership has the right, in any four non-consecutive quarters, to elect not to pay such quarterly distribution in cash and instead have the unpaid distribution amount added to the liquidation preference at the rate of 10.0% per annum. If the Partnership makes such an election in consecutive quarters or if the Partnership fails to pay in full, in cash and when due, any distribution owed to the Series A preferred units or otherwise materially breaches its obligations to the holders of the Series A preferred units, the distribution rate will increase to 20.0% per annum until the accumulated distributions are paid in full in cash, or any such material breach is cured, as applicable. Each holder of Series A preferred units has the right to share in any special distributions by the Partnership of cash, securities or other property pro rata with the common units on an as-converted basis, subject to customary adjustments. The Partnership cannot declare or make any distributions, redemptions, or repurchases on any junior securities, including any of their common units, prior to paying the quarterly distribution payable to the Series A preferred units, including any previously accrued and unpaid distributions.

Beginning with the earlier of (i) the second anniversary of the original issuance date and (ii) immediately prior to a liquidation of the Partnership, the Series A Purchasers may, at any time (but not more often than once per quarter), elect to convert all or any portion of their Series A preferred units into a number of common units determined by multiplying

the number of Series A preferred units to be converted by the then-applicable conversion rate, provided that (a) any conversion is for an amount of common units with an aggregate value of at least $10.0 million or such lesser amount that covers all of the holders’ remaining Series A preferred units and (b) the closing price of the common units is at least 130% of the conversion price of $15.07, subject to certain anti-dilution adjustments (the “Conversion Price”) for 20 trading days during the 30-trading day period immediately preceding the conversion notice.

At any time on or after the second anniversary of the original issuance date, the Partnership will have the option to convert all or any portion of the Series A preferred units into a number of common units determined by the then-applicable conversion rate, provided that (i) any conversion is for an amount of common units with an aggregate value of at least $10.0 million or such lesser amount that covers all of the holders’ Series A preferred units, (ii) the common units are listed for, or admitted to, trading on a national securities exchange, (iii) the closing price of the common units is at least 160% of the Conversion Price for 20 trading days during the 30-trading day period immediately preceding the conversion notice and (iv) the Partnership has an effective registration statement on file with the SEC covering resales of the underlying common units to be received by the holders of Series A preferred units upon such conversion.

The Series A preferred units are redeemable at the option of the Series A Purchasers after seven years from the effective date of the Series A preferred unit purchase agreement, August 2, 2023. The Series A preferred units may be redeemed by the Partnership at any time or in the event of a change of control. The Series A preferred units may be redeemed for a cash amount per Series A preferred unit equal to the product of (a) the number of outstanding Series A preferred units multiplied by (b) the greatest of (i) an amount (together with all prior distributions made in respect of such Series A preferred unit) necessary to achieve the Minimum IRR (as defined below), (ii) an amount (together with all prior distributions made in respect of such Series A preferred unit) necessary to achieve a return on investment equal to 1.2 times with respect to such Series A preferred unit and (iii) the Series A issue price plus accrued and unpaid distributions.

For purposes of the Series A preferred units, “Minimum IRR” means as of any measurement date: (a) prior to the fifth anniversary ofthe original issuance date, a 12.0% internal rate of return with respect to the Series A preferred units; (b) on or after the fifth anniversary of the original issuance date and prior to the sixth anniversary of the original issuance date, a 13.0% internal rate of return with respect to the Series A preferred units; and (c) on or after the sixth anniversary of the original issuance date, a 14.0% internal rate of return with respect to the Series A preferred units.

In connection with the issuance of the Series A preferred units, the Partnership granted holders of the Series A preferred units board observer rights beginning on the fifth anniversary of the original issuance date, board appointment rights beginning on the sixth anniversary of the original issuance date, and in the case of events of default with respect to the Series A preferred units, the right to appointtwo members of the board beginning on the seventh anniversary of the original issuance date.

The terms of the Series A preferred units contain covenants preventing the Partnership from taking certain actions without the approval of the holders of 662/3% of the outstanding Series A preferred units, voting separately as a class.

NOTE 10—UNITHOLDERS’ EQUITY AND PARTNERSHIP DISTRIBUTIONS

The Partnership has issued units representing limited partner interests. As of December 31, 2023, the Partnership had a total of 73,851,458 common units issued andoutstanding and 20,847,295 Class B units outstanding.

On August 7, 2023, the Partnership completed an underwritten public offering of 8,337,500 common units for net proceeds of approximately$110.7 million (the “2023 Equity Offering”). The Partnership used the net proceeds from the 2023 Equity Offering to purchase OpCo common units. The Operating Company in turn used the net proceeds to repay approximately$90.0 million of the outstanding borrowings under the Partnership’s secured revolving credit facility. The Operating Company used the remainder of the net proceeds of the 2023 Equity Offering for general corporate purposes.

In November 2022, the Partnership completed an underwritten public offering of 6,900,000 common units for net proceeds of approximately $116.1 million (the “2022 Equity Offering”). The Partnership used the net proceeds from the 2022 Equity Offering to purchase OpCo common units. The Operating Company in turn used the net proceeds to repay approximately $116.0 million of the outstanding borrowings under the Partnership’s secured revolving credit facility.

In November 2021, the Partnership completed an underwritten public offering of 4,312,500 common units for net proceeds of approximately $57.7 million (the “2021 Equity Offering”). The Partnership used the net proceeds from the 2021 Equity Offering to purchase OpCo common units. The Operating Company in turn used the net proceeds to repay approximately $56.0 million of the outstanding borrowings under the Partnership’s secured revolving credit facility.

The following table summarizes the changes in the number of the Partnership’s common units:

The following table presents information regarding the common unit cash distributions approved by the General Partner’s Board of Directors (the “Board of Directors”) for the periods presented:

The following table summarizes the changes in the number of the Partnership’s Class B units:

For each Class B unit issued, five cents have been paid to the Partnership as additional consideration (the “Class B Contribution”). Holders of the Class B units are entitled to receive cash distributions equal to 2.0% per quarter on their respective Class B Contribution, subsequent to distributions on the Series A preferred units but prior to distributions on the common units and OpCo common units.

Holders of the Class B units are entitled to one vote per share on all matters to be voted upon by the shareholders. Holders of the common units and the Class B units generally vote together as a single class on all matters presented to the Kimbell Royalty Partners, LP unitholders for their vote or approval. Holders of Class B units do not have any right to

receive dividends or distributions upon a liquidation or winding up of Kimbell Royalty Partners, LP. The Class B units and OpCo common units are exchangeable together into an equal number of common units of the Partnership.

NOTE 11—EARNINGS PER COMMON UNIT

Basic earnings per common unit is calculated by dividing net income attributable to common units by the weighted-average number of common units outstanding during the period. Diluted net income per common unit gives effect, when applicable, to unvested restricted units granted under the Partnership’s A&R LTIP (as defined in Note 12) for its employees, directors and consultants and potential conversion of Series A preferred units and Class B units. The Partnership uses the “if-converted” method to determine the potential dilutive effect of exchanges of outstanding Series A preferred units and Class B units (and corresponding units of Kimbell Royalty Partners, LP), and the treasury stock method to determine the potential dilutive effect of vesting of outstanding restricted units granted under the Partnership’s LTIP. The Partnership does not use the two-class method because the Class B units and the unvested restricted units granted under the Partnership’s A&R LTIP are nonparticipating securities.

The following table summarizes the calculation of weighted average common units outstanding used in the computation of diluted earnings (loss) per common unit:

The calculation of diluted net income per share for the year ended December 31, 2023 includes the conversion of Series A preferred units to common units and Class B units to common units calculated using the “if-converted” method and units of unvested restricted units calculated using the treasury stock method. The calculation of diluted net income per share for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 includes the conversion of all Class B units to common units calculated using the “if-converted” method and unvested restricted units calculated using the treasury stock method.

NOTE 12—UNIT-BASED COMPENSATION

On May 18, 2022, the Partnership held a special meeting of unitholders of the Partnership (the “Special Meeting”), at which the Partnership’s unitholders voted to approve the Amended and Restated Kimbell Royalty GP, LLC 2017 Long-

Term Incentive Plan (the “A&R LTIP”), which increased the number of common units eligible for issuance under the A&R LTIP by 3,700,000 common units for a total of 8,241,600 common units. The Partnership’s A&R LTIP authorizes grants to its employees, directors and consultants. The restricted units issued under the Partnership’s A&R LTIP generally vest inone-third installments on each of the first three anniversaries of the grant date, subject to the grantee’s continuous service through the applicable vesting date. Compensation expense for such awards will be recognized over the term of the service period on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period for the entire award. Management elects not to estimate forfeiture rates and to account for forfeitures in compensation cost when they occur. Compensation expense for consultants is treated in the same manner as that of the employees and directors.

Distributions related to the restricted units are paid concurrently with the Partnership’s distributions for common units. The fair value of the Partnership’s restricted units issued under the A&R LTIP to the Partnership’s employees, directors and consultants is determined by utilizing the market value of the Partnership’s common units on the respective grant date. The following table presents a summary of the Partnership’s unvested restricted units.

NOTE 13—INCOME TAXES

The Partnership’s provision for income taxes is based on the estimated annual effective tax rate. The Partnership incurred $3.8 million and $2.7 million of income taxes for the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively, and a de minimis amount of income taxes during the year ended December 31, 2021.

The Partnership has filed all tax returns to date that are currently due.

The Partnership’s effective income tax rate was 4.34% for the year ended December 31, 2023. The Partnership earned income before taxes, as calculated under GAAP, for the current year and is recording a current income tax expense of $3.8 million primarily related to income that was not sheltered due to depletion and other non-cash deductions.

The Partnership’s income tax expense differs from the amount derived by applying the statutory federal rate to pre-tax income principally due the effect of the following items:

Deferred income taxes primarily represent the net tax effect of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes. The components of the Partnership’s deferred taxes are detailed in the table below.

The tax years ended December 31, 2020 through 2023 remain open to examination under the applicable statute of limitations in the United States and other jurisdictions in which the Partnership and its subsidiaries file income tax returns. In some instances, state statutes of limitations are longer than those under United States federal tax law. The Partnership believes that it is more likely than not that the benefit from the outside basis differences in the Partnership’s investment in the Operating Company and its federal and state loss carryforward will not be realized. In recognition of this risk, the Partnership has provided a valuation allowance of $24.4 million on the deferred tax assets.

As of December 31, 2023, the Partnership hasnot recorded a reserve for any uncertain tax positions.

NOTE 14—RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

The Partnership currently has a management services agreement with Kimbell Operating, which has separate services agreements with each of BJF Royalties, LLC (“BJF Royalties”), K3 Royalties, LLC (“K3 Royalties”), pursuant to which they and Kimbell Operating provide management, administrative and operational services to the Partnership. In addition, under each of their respective services agreements, affiliates of the Partnership’s Sponsors will identify, evaluate and recommend to the Partnership acquisition opportunities and negotiate the terms of such acquisitions. Amounts paid to Kimbell Operating and such other entities under their respective services agreements will reduce the amount of cash available for distribution on common units to the Partnership’s unitholders.

During the year ended December 31, 2023, no monthly services fee was paid to BJF Royalties. During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Partnership made payments to K3 Royalties in the amount of $120,000.

John Wynne, the son of Mitch S. Wynne, acts as the Partnership’s agent at Higginbotham Insurance & Financial Services, which provides director and officer insurance to the Partnership. John Wynne derived a commission of

approximately $26,500 for the year ended December 31, 2023, for the placement of the Partnership’s insurance coverage. The Partnership’s annual premium expense was approximately $602,600 for the year ended December 31, 2023.

The Partnership received $180,626 in reimbursements from Rivercrest Capital Management, LLC for shared operating expenses for the year ended December 31, 2023.

Commencing on the date of the TGR IPO, TGR agreed to pay the Partnership a total of $25,000 per quarter for office space utilities, secretarial support and administrative services provided to members of the management team. During the year ended December 31, 2023, TGR incurred $50,000 as part of this service agreement. Such fees were eliminated in consolidation. Upon TGR’s liquidation, TGR ceased paying these monthly fees.

NOTE 15—ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES

On September 13, 2023, in connection with the LongPoint Acquisition and pursuant to the terms of the securities purchase agreement, a transition services agreement (the “Transition Services Agreement”) by and between the Operating Company and FourPoint Energy, LLC (“FourPoint”), the former manager of the acquired assets, became effective. Pursuant to the Transition Services Agreement, FourPoint provided certain administrative services and accounting assistance on a transitional basis for a monthly service fee of approximately $250,000 for the four-month period ending January 13, 2024, at which the Transition Services Agreement was terminated by the Partnership. During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Partnership paid $0.9 million in Transition Services Agreement costs.

NOTE 16—COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

During the normal course of business, the Partnership may experience situations where disagreements occur relating to the ownership of certain mineral or overriding royalty interest acreage. Management is not aware of any legal, environmental or other commitments or contingencies that would have a material effect on the Partnership’s financial condition, results of operations or liquidity as of December 31, 2023.

NOTE 17—SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

The Partnership has evaluated events that occurred subsequent to December 31, 2023 in the preparation of its consolidated financial statements.

Distributions

On February 21, 2024, the Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash distribution of $0.43 per common unit and $0.453897 per OpCo common unit for the quarter ended December 31, 2023. The Partnership intends to pay this distribution on March 20, 2024 to common unitholders and OpCo common unitholders of record as of the close of business on March 13, 2024.

As to the Partnership, $0.023897 of the OpCo common unit distribution corresponds to a tax payment made by the Partnership in the fourth quarter of 2023. Under the limited liability company agreement of the Operating Company, the Partnership is not reimbursed by the Operating Company for federal income taxes paid by the Partnership.

The Partnership will pay a quarterly cash distribution on the Series A preferred units of approximately $4.9 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2023. We intend to pay the distribution subsequent to March 13, 2024 and prior to the distribution on the common units and OpCo common units.

Executive Bonus and LTIP Issuance

On February 19, 2024, the Conflicts and Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors approved short-term incentive cash bonuses for executive officers of approximately $2.5 million and the issuance of 1,087,502 restricted units to its employees and directors.

NOTE 18—SUPPLEMENTAL OIL AND GAS RESERVE INFORMATION (UNAUDITED)

The Partnership has onlyone reportable operating segment, which is oil and gas producing activities in the United States. See the Partnership’s accompanying consolidated statements of operations for information about results of operations for oil and gas producing activities.

Capitalized Oil and Natural Gas Costs

Aggregate capitalized costs related to oil and natural gas production activities with applicable accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization are as follows:

Costs Incurred in Oil and Natural Gas Activities

Costs incurred in oil, natural gas and NGL acquisition and development activities are as follows:

Results of Operations from Oil, Natural Gas and NGL Producing Activities

The following schedule sets forth the revenues and expenses related to the production and sale of oil, natural gas and NGLs. It does not include any interest costs or general and administrative costs and, therefore, is not necessarily indicative of the contribution to the net operating results of the Partnership’s oil, natural gas and NGL operations.

The following tables summarize the net ownership interest in the proved oil, natural gas and NGL reserves and the standardized measure of discounted future net cash flows related to the proved oil, natural gas and NGL reserves. The estimates were prepared by the Partnership based on reserve reports prepared by Ryder Scott for the years ended December 31, 2023, 2022 and 2021. The proved oil, natural gas and NGL reserve estimates and other components of the standardized measure were determined in accordance with the authoritative guidance of the FASB and the SEC.

Proved Oil, Natural Gas and NGL Reserve Quantities

Proved reserves are those quantities of oil and gas, which, by analysis of geoscience and engineering data, can be estimated with reasonable certainty to be economically producible from a given date forward, from known reservoirs, and under existing economic conditions, operating methods, and government regulations. Proved developed reserves are proved reserves that can be expected to be recovered through existing wells with existing equipment and operating methods, or in which the cost of the required equipment is relatively minor compared to the cost of a new well.

A Boe conversion ratio of six thousand cubic feet per barrel (6mcf/Bbl) of natural gas to barrels of oil equivalence is based on an energy equivalency conversion method primarily applicable at the burner tip and does not represent a price equivalency at the wellhead. All Boe conversions in the report are derived from converting gas to oil in the ratio mix of six thousand cubic feet of gas to one barrel of oil.

The Partnership’s net proved oil, natural gas and NGL reserves and changes in net proved oil, natural gas and NGL reserves attributable to the oil, natural gas and NGL properties, which are located in multiple states are summarized below:

Revisions represent changes in previous reserves estimates, either upward or downward, resulting from new information normally obtained from development drilling and production history or resulting from a change in economic factors, such as commodity prices, operating costs or development costs.

Standardized Measure

The standardized measure of discounted future net cash flows before income taxes related to the proved oil, natural gas and NGL reserves of the properties is as follows (in thousands):

Reserve estimates and future cash flows are based on the average market prices for sales of oil, natural gas and NGL adjusted for basis differentials, on the first calendar day of each month during the year. The average prices used for 2023, 2022 and 2021 were $78.22, $93.67 and $66.56 per barrel for crude oil and $2.64, $6.36 and $3.60 per Mcf for natural gas, respectively.

Future production costs are computed primarily by the Partnership’s petroleum engineers by estimating the expenditures to be incurred in producing the proved oil and gas reserves at the end of the year, based on year-end costs and assuming continuation of existing economic conditions. A discount factor of 10% was used to reflect the timing of future net cash flows. The standardized measure of discounted future net cash flows is not intended to represent the replacement cost or fair value of the properties. An estimate of fair value would also take into account, among other things, the recovery of reserves not presently classified as proved, anticipated future changes in prices and costs, and a discount factor more representative of the time value of money and the risks inherent in oil, natural gas and NGL reserve estimates.

Changes in Standardized Measure

Changes in the standardized measure of discounted future net cash flows before income taxes related to the proved oil, natural gas and NGL reserves of the properties are as follows (in thousands):