Diamondback Energy子公司Viper Energy于 10 月 1 日表示， 已完成先前宣布的以约 9.15 亿美元收购 Midland Basin 矿产和特许权使用费的收购。

9 月份，Viper 同意收购 Tumbleweed Royalty IV LLC 的矿产和特许权使用费子公司。Tumbleweed 成立于 2014 年，创始人是 Permian E&P Double Eagle Energy的联席高管 Cody Campbell 和 John Sellers 。

加上最近与 Tumbleweed 的其他交易，Viper 已从 Tumbleweed 及其附属公司收购了约 11 亿美元。

Viper 以 4.59 亿美元现金和 1010 万个 OpCo 单位支付了收购费用。根据 Viper 单位 9 月 11 日 45.13 美元的收盘价，10 月 1 日完成的交易中的股权部分价值约为 4.56 亿美元。Tumbleweed Royalty 还获得了一项期权，可以收购 Viper 支付给 OpCo 单位的相同数量的 Viper B 类普通股。

根据 2025 年 WTI 平均油价，与 Tumbleweed IV 的交易还包括在 2026 年第一季度可能额外支付高达 4100 万美元的现金。

9 月份，Viper 完成了对 Tumbleweed-Q Royalty Partners LLC 和 MC Tumbleweed Royalty LLC 的另外两笔二叠纪盆地收购，总现金对价为 1.89 亿美元。

总计起来，这些收购的土地在二叠纪盆地约有 3,727 英亩净特许权使用费土地，在米德兰盆地约有 3,237 英亩净特许权使用费土地，在特拉华盆地约有 490 英亩净特许权使用费土地。

Viper 预计，到 2026 年底，Diamondback 将在现有 DUC 和许可的基础上，在所收购的资产上完成 120 到 140 个地点的建设，平均净特许权使用费权益约为 3%。

Intrepid Partners LLC 担任 Viper 的财务顾问。Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP 和 Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz 担任其法律顾问。

Vinson & Elkins LLP 担任卖方的法律顾问。

Diamondback Energy subsidiary Viper Energy has closed a previously announced acquisition of Midland Basin mineral and royalty interests for roughly $915 million, Viper said on Oct. 1.

Viper agreed in September to acquire the mineral and royalty-owning subsidiaries of Tumbleweed Royalty IV LLC. Tumbleweed was founded in 2014 by Cody Campbell and John Sellers, the co-executives behind Permian E&P Double Eagle Energy.

Combined with other recent deals with Tumbleweed, Viper has acquired about $1.1 billion from Tumbleweed and its affiliates.

Viper paid for the acquisition with $459 million in cash and 10.1 million OpCo units. Based on the $45.13 closing price of Viper units on Sept. 11, the equity portion of the deal that closed Oct. 1 was worth approximately $456 million. Tumbleweed Royalty was also granted an option to acquire the same number of shares of Viper's Class B common stock as the OpCo units Viper was paid.

The deal with Tumbleweed IV also includes a potential additional payment of up to $41 million cash in first-quarter 2026, based on average 2025 WTI oil prices.

In September, Viper closed two other Permian Basin acquisitions from Tumbleweed-Q Royalty Partners LLC and MC Tumbleweed Royalty LLC for a combined cash consideration of $189 million.

Combined, the acquisitions represent approximately 3,727 net royalty acres in the Permian Basin—3,237 in the Midland Basin and 490 in the Delaware Basin.

Viper expects Diamondback to complete between 120 and 140 gross locations beyond existing DUCs and permits on the acquired properties through the end of 2026 at an average ~3% net royalty interest.

Intrepid Partners LLC has served as financial adviser to Viper. Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz served as its legal advisers.

Vinson & Elkins LLP has served as the sellers' legal adviser.