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Permian producers spent much of this year paying buyers to haul away the natural gas that comes up with their oil. Waha Hub spot prices stayed below zero for a record 90 days in a row before turning positive on June 16, Reuters reported, and the hub had averaged minus $2.19 per million British thermal units for the year up to that point. Four of the five companies below still posted record results in the second quarter. Three of the five don't drill at all, and one of the two that do works mostly in North Dakota, far from Waha. The U.S. Energy Information Administration's October outlook has domestic crude output rising from 13.9 million barrels per day this year to 14.3 million in 2027 and assumes Middle East oil flows stay constrained through the fourth quarter. Permian-focused executives surveyed by the Dallas Fed in June named gas takeaway capacity and regulatory issues as the constraints on drilling they cited most often. Third-quarter earnings start arriving in the coming weeks, so the second-quarter figures below are the latest each company has reported. Permian Resources Corporation (NYSE: PR) netted 38 cents per thousand cubic feet for its natural gas in the second quarter, hedges included, in a period when Waha averaged negative $3.14. Management said on the earnings call that it curtailed gas from wells with a high gas-to-oil ratio, which cut gas output by about 20 percent from the first quarter, and that firm transportation and hedges did the rest. Unhedged, the company still realized negative $1.74, though that was $1.40 better than Waha, and the hedges added $2.12 on top. It turned every curtailed well back on in late June once prices recovered. Adjusted free cash flow came in at a record $751 million, up from $312 million a year earlier, on oil production of 198,071 barrels per day. The company raised its full-year oil guidance to 199,000 barrels per day, 10,000 more than it projected in February, and expects second-half production above 200,000 barrels per day on less than $1 billion of capital spending. Co-CEO James Walter said it will produce nearly 10 percent more oil than last year on less capital than it spent in 2025. Permian Resources also spent $1.05 billion this year on about 190 acquisitions, picking up roughly 54,000 net acres and 20,000 net royalty acres in the Delaware Basin in deals struck at a weighted average front-month WTI price of $72.50 a barrel. Net debt is down to about 0.5 times EBITDAX, and total debt has fallen roughly 35 percent since the end of 2024, from $4.2 billion to $2.7 billion. Derivatives cost Permian Resources $12.44 a barrel in the second quarter, which took its realized oil price from $97.81 to $85.37, and about 70,000 barrels per day, roughly a third of production, are swapped at between $67 and $69 through December. Realized prices in the quarter were well above those swap levels, so that portion of production missed the rally. Kinetik Holdings Inc. (NYSE: KNTK) processed 1.74 billion cubic feet of gas per day in the second quarter, the same as a year earlier, even though producers shut in an estimated 250 million cubic feet per day because of Waha prices. Adjusted EBITDA still reached a record $280.8 million, up from $242.9 million, and free cash flow roughly tripled to $105.2 million. The company credited better natural gas liquids recoveries and condensate yields, optimization work and favorable commodity prices and spreads, so part of the beat came from commodity margins and not from volumes. Kinetik raised its 2026 adjusted EBITDA guidance to between $1.04 billion and $1.1 billion, a midpoint 7 percent above the February forecast, and assumes curtailments will average only about 25 million cubic feet per day in the second half. In May it approved Kings Landing II, a roughly $260 million sour gas processing expansion that will lift system capacity to 2.7 billion cubic feet per day in 2028. It is also building a 40-megawatt power plant at its Diamond Cryo complex, due in service in the second quarter of 2027, and has secured firm Gulf Coast market access for residue gas starting that year. CEO Jamie Welch said customer activity is "pulling forward" now that curtailments have eased. Kinetik guided third-quarter adjusted EBITDA to between $260 million and $270 million, below the second quarter's record, and its $3.94 billion of net debt works out to about 3.8 times trailing EBITDA. The guidance assumes a fourth-quarter processed gas exit rate of nearly 2.2 billion cubic feet per day, up roughly 20 percent exit to exit, and a full-year Waha average of minus 26 cents per million British thermal units. Both depend on the new pipeline capacity holding up and producers keeping their wells on. Kodiak Gas Services Inc. (NYSE: KGS) burned through $87.5 million of free cash flow in the second quarter and raised its full-year guidance anyway. The cash is going into power, where Kodiak closed its $576 million purchase of Distributed Power Solutions on April 1, spent $134 million of growth capital in the quarter and agreed to buy up to one gigawatt of gas turbines for delivery by 2030. It expects $400 million to $450 million of power capital spending this year against $95 million to $125 million of power revenue, and it raised about $836 million by selling stock at $71 a share in May. Total debt was $2.8 billion at the end of June, or 3.2 times EBITDA under its credit agreement, and adjusted earnings per share slipped to 55 cents from 59 cents in the first quarter. Contract compression still produces roughly 90 percent of segment adjusted gross margin. Kodiak, which calls itself a market leader in the Permian, had 98.2 percent of its compression fleet earning revenue in the second quarter, held adjusted gross margin on that business at 70 percent and posted record segment revenue of $315.1 million, with full-year compression revenue guided to between $1.25 billion and $1.28 billion. Average unit size rose to 991 horsepower from 952 a year earlier, and CEO Mickey McKee pointed to a "tight supply environment for compression equipment" when explaining why he stays constructive on the business. Adjusted EBITDA hit a record $216.8 million, up 21.7 percent from a year earlier, and full-year guidance now stands at $830 million to $860 million. The new power segment ended the quarter with a 405-megawatt fleet that was 89.6 percent utilized in its first full quarter. Chevron's planned power plant in Reeves County will need land and water, and Texas Pacific Land Corporation (NYSE: TPL) has agreed to provide both. Under a June agreement for Chevron's Project Kilby, which is meant to power a customer's data center, TPL contributed surface acreage for cash and received the exclusive right to source groundwater for the plant. CEO Tyler Glover said the project "validates West Texas as a premier location for compute infrastructure." Oilprice.com has reported that Kilby is tied to a 20-year agreement with Microsoft and that a final investment decision is due before the end of the year. TPL also spent $110.2 million in the quarter on land acquisitions, including tracts in Shackelford and Jones counties meant for data center and power projects beyond the immediate Permian Basin, and it began commissioning a 10,000-barrel-per-day produced water desalination plant in Orla, Texas. TPL's royalty production set a record at 39.7 thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day, up 7 percent from the first quarter, and because the company doesn't hedge, oil royalty revenue jumped to $119.3 million from $90.6 million as realized prices climbed to $97.55 a barrel. Net income of $153.9 million and free cash flow of $155.5 million were both records, on revenue of $246.1 million and adjusted EBITDA of $215.6 million, an 88 percent margin. Water sales volumes fell 19 percent from the first quarter to 663,000 barrels per day, and water sales revenue dropped to $39.7 million from $46.9 million. Management said on the earnings call that weak in-basin gas prices led operators to shift some development away from the Delaware Basin. Gas royalties took the same hit, falling to $2.6 million from $9.8 million on a realized price of 40 cents per thousand cubic feet. Produced water royalties went the other way, rising to $37.1 million on a record 4.9 million barrels per day, up 6 percent from the first quarter. The deepest well in the Williston Basin now belongs to Chord Energy Corporation (NASDAQ: CHRD), which drilled it to a measured depth of 33,810 feet as part of a push into four-mile laterals. The company has executed 26 four-mile wells so far, says costs and early results are in line with its expectations and expects the longer wells to become a larger part of its program. Adjusted free cash flow was $414 million in the second quarter, up from $141 million a year earlier, on oil production of 165,400 barrels per day, which landed at the top of guidance. Chord returned 54 percent of that cash to shareholders, through a $1.30 per share dividend and $147.4 million of buybacks at an average of $133.47 a share, and plans to raise the payout to 75 percent in the third quarter now that leverage is below half a turn. For the full year it expects about $3.0 billion of adjusted EBITDA and $1.3 billion of adjusted free cash flow, down from $3.1 billion and $1.4 billion in May, with its second-half price assumption lowered to $75 WTI from $80. Chord plans to drop its second frac crew in the third quarter, with capital spending guided to $375 million at the midpoint against $417 million in the second quarter, and it expects fourth-quarter oil volumes of 156,000 to 159,000 barrels per day, below the third quarter's range. Derivatives cost the company $106.2 million on oil in the second quarter, and its realized oil price, which averaged $1.27 a barrel above WTI, is expected to lose that premium, with the full-year differential guided at between zero and 80 cents below WTI. The company has hedged about 38 percent of its second-half oil volumes and about 18 percent of 2027. 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Over the past six months, Texas Pacific Land's shares (currently trading at $362) have posted a disappointing 13.1% loss, well below the S&P 500's 12.8% gain. This might have investors contemplating their next move. Following the pullback, is this a buying opportunity for TPL? Find out in our full research report, it's free. One of America's largest private landowners with roughly 868,000 acres in the Permian Basin, Texas Pacific Land (NYSE:TPL) owns land in West Texas and earns revenue from oil and gas royalties, water services, and land leases. A company's long-term performance can give signals about its business quality. Even a bad business, especially in a cyclical industry, can shine for a year or so, but a top-tier one should exhibit resilience through cycles. Luckily, Texas Pacific Land's sales grew at an exceptional 22.2% compounded annual growth rate over the last five years. Its growth beat the average energy upstream and integrated energy company and shows its offerings resonate with customers. In a single quarter or year, gross margins in the sector can swing wildly due to commodity prices, hedging, or changes in labor costs. Over a multi-year period across different points in the cycle, gross margin differences can signal whether a company is a structurally-advantaged producer ("rock" quality, takeaway, operating costs) or not. Texas Pacific Land, which averaged 94.9% gross margin over the last five years, exhibits enviable unit economics in the sector. It means the company will remain profitable at lower commodity prices than peers with inferior gross margins and serves as an advantaged starting point for ultimate operating profits and free cash flow generation. If you've followed StockStory for a while, you know we emphasize free cash flow. Why, you ask? We believe that in the end, cash is king, and you can't use accounting profits to pay the bills. Texas Pacific Land has shown terrific cash profitability, driven by its lucrative business model that enables it to reinvest, return capital to investors, and stay ahead of the competition. The company's free cash flow margin was among the best in the energy upstream and integrated energy sector, averaging an eye-popping 63% over the last five years. These are just a few reasons why we think Texas Pacific Land is an elite energy upstream and integrated energy company. After the recent drawdown, the stock trades at 24.9× forward EV-to-EBITDA (or $362 per share). Is now the right time to buy? See for yourself in our full research report, it's free. WHILE YOU'RE HERE: Top 9 Market-Beating Stocks. The best stocks don't just beat the market once. They do it again. And again. Robust revenue growth, rising free cash flow, returns on capital that leave their competition in the dust. The market has already rewarded these businesses. But our AI platform says the party isn't over. Find out which 9 stocks made the cut this week — FREE. Get Our Top 9 Market-Beating Stocks for Free HERE. Stocks that have made our list include now familiar names such as Nvidia (+1,460% between June 2020 and June 2025) as well as under-the-radar businesses like the once-small-cap company Exlservice (+271% between June 2020 and June 2025). Find your next big winner with StockStory today.

The end of an earnings season can be a great time to discover new stocks and assess how companies are handling the current business environment. Let's take a look at how Texas Pacific Land (NYSE:TPL) and the rest of the u.s. shale e&p stocks fared in Q2. US shale oil producers extract crude from tight rock formations using horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing (fracking) techniques, primarily in basins like the Permian, Bakken, and Eagle Ford. Tailwinds include short-cycle investment flexibility allowing rapid production adjustments, technological improvements enhancing well productivity, and proximity to refining and export infrastructure. Capital discipline has improved financial returns. Headwinds include commodity price sensitivity affecting drilling economics, accelerating well decline rates requiring continuous capital investment, and increasing regulatory and ESG scrutiny. Water usage, induced seismicity concerns, and evolving environmental regulations present ongoing operational challenges. The 11 u.s. shale e&p stocks we track reported an exceptional Q2. As a group, revenues beat analysts' consensus estimates by 10.4%. Thankfully, share prices of the companies have been resilient as they are up 8.1% on average since the latest earnings results. One of America's largest private landowners with roughly 868,000 acres in the Permian Basin, Texas Pacific Land (NYSE:TPL) owns land in West Texas and earns revenue from oil and gas royalties, water services, and land leases. Texas Pacific Land reported revenues of $246.1 million, up 31.2% year on year. This print fell short of analysts' expectations by 1.4%. Overall, it was a mixed quarter for the company with a decent beat of analysts' EBITDA estimates. Texas Pacific Land delivered the weakest performance against analyst estimates of the whole group. The market seems disappointed with the results as the stock is down 11.1% since reporting and currently trades at $339.33. Is now the time to buy Texas Pacific Land? Access our full analysis of the earnings results here, it's free. Operating in the oil-rich northeastern corner of the Midland Basin where Howard and Borden counties meet, HighPeak Energy (NASDAQ:HPK) explores for, develops, and produces crude oil, natural gas liquids, and natural gas. HighPeak Energy reported revenues of $272.4 million, up 25.8% year on year, outperforming analysts' expectations by 8.7%. The business had an incredible quarter with a beat of analysts' EPS estimates. Although it had a fine quarter compared to its peers, the market seems unhappy with the results as the stock is down 3.7% since reporting. It currently trades at $7.63. Is now the time to buy HighPeak Energy? Access our full analysis of the earnings results here, it's free. Operating in counties where legacy oil fields have been producing since the early 1900s, Riley Exploration Permian (NYSE:REPX) drills for and produces oil and natural gas from horizontal wells in the Permian Basin of West Texas and New Mexico. Riley Exploration Permian reported revenues of $165.9 million, up 94.2% year on year, exceeding analysts' expectations by 11.8%. It may have had the worst quarter among its peers, but its results were still good as some other parts of the business also hummed. Interestingly, the stock is up 26.2% since the results and currently trades at $41.65. Read our full analysis of Riley Exploration Permian's results here. Operating a business model that requires no drilling rigs or production equipment of its own, Viper Energy (NASDAQ:VNOM) owns mineral and royalty interests in oil and gas properties, collecting revenue when operators extract resources from land. Viper Energy reported revenues of $677 million, up 128% year on year. 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Texas Pacific Land’s second quarter was marked by strong year-over-year growth but was met with a negative market reaction, reflecting concerns over the company’s revenue miss relative to analyst expectations. Management attributed quarterly performance to record royalty production in oil and gas, supported by higher realized commodity prices and increasing demand for produced water royalty volumes. CEO Tyler Glover emphasized that “our unhedged royalty position allowed us to benefit fully from the strong oil price environment,” and highlighted continued expansion into power and data center infrastructure as notable contributors to the company’s results. Is now the time to buy TPL? Find out in our full research report (it’s free). Revenue: $246.1 million vs analyst estimates of $249.6 million (31.2% year-on-year growth, 1.4% miss) EPS (GAAP): $2.23 vs analyst estimates of $2.18 (2.1% beat) Adjusted EBITDA: $215.6 million vs analyst estimates of $212 million (87.6% margin, 1.7% beat) Operating Margin: 78%, up from 76.6% in the same quarter last year Market Capitalization: $25.17 billion While we enjoy listening to the management’s commentary, our favorite part of earnings calls is the analyst questions. Those are unscripted and can often highlight topics that management teams would rather avoid or topics where the answer is complicated. Here is what has caught our attention. Derrick Whitfield (Texas Capital) asked about the revenue potential and value chain from the Shackelford and Jones County land acquisition. CEO Tyler Glover explained that the company plans to replicate its capital-light, multi-vertical approach, capturing value from land, water, and aggregates throughout the project life cycle. Whitfield (Texas Capital) followed up on market demand for produced water desalination in data center chip cooling. Executive Vice President Robert Crain described “huge” interest from hyperscalers and AI labs, noting the appeal of water sources not part of the natural hydrologic cycle for cooling applications. Timothy Rezvan (KeyBanc Capital Markets) questioned whether future sizable land acquisitions are likely. Glover stated that while the core focus is on developing existing assets, the company is open to external opportunities if they serve growing power and compute demand. Rezvan (KeyBanc Capital Markets) inquired about the sustainability of produced water royalty pricing. Glover said price escalators are built into contracts and expects value to increase with greater demand for pore space, though mix shifts could impact royalty rates in the near term. Hsu-Lei Huang (Tudor, Pickering) asked about the lack of recent share buybacks. CFO Chris Steddum responded that capital is being directed toward growth opportunities, but buybacks remain an option if attractive in the future. In the coming quarters, the StockStory team will be monitoring (1) the pace and scale of definitive agreements with hyperscale data center and power partners, (2) commercial ramp-up and customer adoption at the Orla Phase 2b desalination facility, and (3) further expansion initiatives beyond the Permian Basin, including integration of new land assets. Execution on these projects will be key to assessing the company’s diversification strategy. Texas Pacific Land currently trades at $365.77, down from $381.88 just before the earnings. In the wake of this quarter, is it a buy or sell? Find out in our full research report (it’s free for active Edge members). ALSO WORTH WATCHING: Top 5 Momentum Stocks. The best time to own a great stock is when the market is finally noticing it. These aren’t just high-quality businesses. Something is happening with them right now. Elite fundamentals meet near-term momentum — both boxes checked at the same time. Find out which stocks our AI platform is flagging this week. See this week’s Strong Momentum stocks — FREE. Get Our Strong Momentum Stocks for Free HERE. Stocks that have made our list include now familiar names such as Nvidia (+1,460% between June 2020 and June 2025) as well as under-the-radar businesses like the once-micro-cap company Kadant (+214% between June 2020 and June 2025). Find your next big winner with StockStory today.

Image source: The Motley Fool. Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026 at 10:30 a.m. ET Vice President of Finance and Investor Relations - Shawn Amini Chief Executive Officer - Tyler Glover Chief Financial Officer - Chris Steddum Executive Vice President of Texas Pacific Water Resources - Robert Crain Operator: Greetings, and welcome to the Texas Pacific Land Corporation Second Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] As a reminder, this conference is being recorded. It is now my pleasure to introduce Shawn Amini, Vice President of Finance and Investor Relations. Please go ahead. Shawn Amini: Thank you for joining us today for Texas Pacific Land Corporation's Second Quarter 2026 Earnings Conference Call. Yesterday afternoon, the company released its financial results and filed its Form 10-Q with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which is available on the Investors section of the company's website at www.texaspacific.com. As a reminder, remarks made on today's conference call may include forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed today. We do not undertake any obligation to update our forward-looking statements in light of new information or future events. For a more detailed discussion of the factors that may affect the company's results, please refer to our earnings release for this quarter and to our recent SEC filings. During this call, we will also be discussing certain non-GAAP financial measures. More information and reconciliations about these non-GAAP financial measures are contained in our earnings release and SEC filings. Please also note, we may at times refer to our company by its stock ticker, TPL. This morning's conference call is hosted by TPL's Chief Executive Officer, Ty Glover; TPL's Chief Financial Officer, Chris Steddum; and Executive Vice President of Texas Pacific Water Resources, Robert Crain. Management will make some prepared comments, after which we will open the call for questions. Now I will turn the call over to Ty. Tyler Glover: Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us today. This quarter, we delivered exceptional results across major financial and operating metrics and achieved significant milestones towards key growth initiatives. TPL generated record quarterly total revenue, net income and free cash flow. These results were supported by record oil and gas royalty production and produced water royalty volumes. Oil and gas royalty production averaged approximately 39,700 barrels of oil equivalent per day, up 7% sequentially and 20% year-over-year. In addition, our unhedged royalty position allowed us to benefit fully from the strong oil price environment. Produced water royalty volumes were 4.9 million barrels per day during the quarter, which represents growth of 6% sequentially and 15% year-over-year, driven by strong demand for TPL's in-basin and out-of-basin pore space. Water sales volumes of 663,000 barrels per day represents a 19% decline sequentially and a 38% increase year-over-year. Second quarter water sales volumes have been impacted by weak in-basin natural gas prices as operators have shifted some development away from the Delaware Basin. However, substantial new gas pipeline capacity enters service over the next few quarters, and we would expect some mix shift towards the Delaware as local in-basin gas price differentials improve. For SLEM, revenues of $24 million, which represents a 37% sequential increase, were driven by strong performance for pipeline and wellbore easements. With respect to our data center and power generation efforts, we disclosed that a previously announced land sale and water supply agreement was related to Project Kilby, which is a large-scale power generation facility Chevron is developing to support a customer data center in Reeves County, Texas. This multi-gigawatt power and data center development represents a substantial commitment by some of the largest energy and technology companies in the world, and this validates the Permian as an attractive data center infrastructure hub capable of accommodating hyperscale facilities. In addition, during the quarter, we acquired over 10,000 acres of land in Shackelford and Jones County, Texas, for approximately $100 million. This region is amongst the fastest-growing data center regions in the country, and this acquisition further expands our strategic data center and power generation efforts beyond the immediate Permian Basin. This land was attractive due to its contiguousness, land and water resources, access to natural gas and grid infrastructure, established fiber and proximity to a midsized city. We are also progressing on a number of projects with various high-quality hyperscalers and AI labs, which also includes our joint effort alongside Bolt Data & Energy. Deal execution requires extensive work involving many counterparties and thorough wide-ranging diligence and our conversations revolve around multiple verticals such as land, water, aggregates and other aspects. West Texas is rapidly becoming a dominant global hub for power and compute, and it's apparent that developers and customers remain keenly motivated to expand their power and compute footholds in the regions. We will be able to provide more specific details as our commercial efforts turn into executed agreements. Turning to our produced water desalination efforts. We have completed construction and commenced commissioning on our desalination facility located in Orla, Texas, which we refer to as Phase 2b. Eventually ramping the facility to its 10,000 barrel a day capacity will allow us to demonstrate that produced water desalination can work at scale. Our desalination effort leverages our patented freeze desalination process where we also have equipment exclusivity for oil and gas applications with one of the country's leading providers of industrial scale process cooling solutions. In addition, this year, we will be implementing various desalination colocation studies. Our freeze desalination process will generate large volumes of ice and chilled water, which then could potentially be used by data centers for chip cooling. Furthermore, we are also investigating the utilization of waste heat recovery equipment to enhance our desalination process and reduce our energy consumption. There is also additional optionality to monetize both the high-spec freshwater and concentrated brine output streams from the facility. Desalinated produced water represents an interesting opportunity as it is not part of the hydrologic cycle and thus high-spec desalinated freshwater could meet standards for irrigation, industrial cooling, rangeland rehabilitation, streamflow augmentation and data center cooling, thereby reducing demands on existing local water resources. The concentrated brine may also enhance economics of produced water valorization by extracting valuable minerals such as lithium. We're excited to finally have completed construction on our Phase 2 facility as produced water desalination at scale could help significantly reduce traditional injection demand. In addition, energy supermajors and large independent hyperscalers and AI labs have shown strong interest related to the commercial and operational opportunities related to colocation and output water streams. Our Orla Phase 2 facility will provide interested parties with a tangible real-world exhibit of how we can turn an oilfield waste product into something with highly positive commercial and environmental attributes. We look forward to providing more updates in the coming quarters as we operate the facility and as business discussions advance. With that, I'll hand the call over to Chris. Chris Steddum: Thanks, Ty. Consolidated revenues during the second quarter 2026 were approximately $246 million. This represents a quarterly all-time high as well as a 4% sequential increase and a 31% increase year-over-year. Consolidated adjusted EBITDA was $216 million, which was up 19% sequentially and 30% year-over-year. Our adjusted EBITDA margin for the quarter was 88%. Free cash flow was $156 million, which was up 14% sequentially and up 20% year-over-year. Moving to our well inventory. As of quarter end, TPL had 5.6 net permitted wells, 9.5 net drilled but uncompleted wells or commonly referred to as DUCs and 3.4 net completed but not producing wells. That amounts to 18.4 net line-of-sight wells. Year-to-date, capital expenditures were $29 million. As Ty discussed, in the second half of this year, we will be spending capital to investigate colocation cooling and waste heat capture opportunities at our Orla Phase 2b desalination facility. This spend was embedded in our original CapEx guidance at the beginning of the year, and we reaffirm the fiscal year guide of $65 million to $75 million. And with that, operator, we will now take questions. Operator: [Operator Instructions] First question comes from Derrick Whitfield with Texas Capital. Derrick Whitfield: My first question, I wanted to start with the surface acquisitions you made in Shackelford and Jones Counties. While a bit of a step out, it's clear to us that it was bought on more than a hunch. How would you guys frame the opportunity with this kind of build-out in this project potential and the amount of revenue streams it could involve? Tyler Glover: Yes. That's a good question, Derrick. I mean it is a little bit of a step out, but I mean, we think the power and compute opportunity in West Texas is enormous and broader than just the Permian and our legacy footprint. And so we've been doing diligence on that property for over a year now to make sure that it specs out. That area was interesting to a compute user that we've been working with for a while now. And so I think we've demonstrated to the tech community that our team has the expertise to locate land, water, gas resources even if it's outside of our legacy footprint. And so I think it just adds some flexibility to the value proposition of TPL. We're excited about it. We think we can replicate it. And I think the question about the value chain, it's very similar to our other properties and how we look at the oil and gas business. We want to be as involved in the project as we can while still being really capital light. And so land use, water, aggregates, just clipping coupons to the kind of the entire life cycle of that project so that we capture as much of the value chain as we possibly can. Derrick Whitfield: Great. And then as my follow-up, I wanted to focus on the water desal, but specifically water desal for chip cooling. How would you frame the depth of interest you're seeing in your conversations with hyperscalers and AI labs, given the fact that it is water additive to the hydrologic cycle. I think it's a huge selling point that you guys have in your process. Robert Crain: Yes. I mean the interest in produced water and data center use is huge. And I think it's not just one stream. When you look at it, just -- let's start with just the consumptive piece. I think there still is some evaporative cooling and adding adiabatic assist that is water consumption that goes into data center, not just chip cooling, but building cooling. Obviously, that's your first one that everybody hits on because it is water that's not in the hydrologic cycle. Next, you move into something that's more specific to our technology that we're in a lot of discussions with a couple of hyperscalers and AI labs on, and that's using our freeze technology for direct chip cooling. If you look at the heat transfer that a hyperscaler uses for direct chip, it's a fraction of the heat transfer that we look at when we're getting this water down to sub-15 degrees Fahrenheit to be able to remove the salts from the water. So that's another fit. All of it goes towards a water positivity or water neutrality goal, a couple of other aspects that we're chasing just to reduce that consumption on any municipal or type of traditional water sourcing that they typically use today. Operator: Next question, Tim Rezvan with KeyBanc Capital Markets. Timothy Rezvan: Derrick touched on the topics of interest to me, but I thought I'd follow up a little more on this acreage acquisition. I think a little bit of a surprise is that you all have almost 1 million surface acres already. I know the opportunity set is vast on power and compute. But should we be expecting potential like sizable acquisitions like this in the future? I guess the idea is how much of the opportunity can you leverage off your existing footprint versus needing to buy more? Tyler Glover: Yes. Look, we're looking at it the same way we did when we started the water business, right? The primary objective is to develop the existing resource that we already have, but we're simultaneously looking for other opportunities. Like I mentioned, I think the opportunity set here is beyond our legacy footprint. And so why let someone else capture that value. And so very similar to how we've built the water business, like I said, we are looking at both options simultaneously. And I would just say like we're in advanced conversations with multiple hyperscalers, AI labs and power generators on 25 gigawatts of projects right now. I would be disappointed if we don't announce at least one or more major definitive agreements in the near term. So with an opportunity set like that, that's growing by the week, we feel like we owe it to our shareholders to look outside of our existing footprint. Timothy Rezvan: Okay. Okay. That's good context, especially on the scale, 25 gigawatts is a big number. If I could switch gears a little bit. Produced water royalty volumes, you touched on it. It was a record in the second quarter. And looking at sort of the revenue per barrel, it was at the high end, about over $0.08 a barrel. Should we be modeling that to continue to kind of ramp? I mean we know the broader trends in the business, but just kind of curious how you see that trending over the next year or 2. Tyler Glover: Well, we've got price escalators built in our existing contracts. And I think pore space will become more valuable over time. I would say the one caveat is transportation royalties are typically a little less than an actual pore space injection royalty. And so as that mix changes, you should see that royalty kind of stay steady to increasing over time. Timothy Rezvan: Okay. I appreciate that. If I could just ask one more question on your minerals business. It's biggest revenue component, but probably the least discussed segment. We saw oil tick down about 5% in the second quarter, which is a little contrary to sort of comments from large operators about pulling volumes forward into higher oil prices. So can you comment on kind of maybe what happened and maybe how you see oil volumes trending amid the rig ramp in the Permian? Chris Steddum: Yes, Tim. I think there's a couple of factors. One, I think I would just start by saying I don't think the lower oil percentage is a near-term trend for us. I think kind of this quarter and even last quarter to some extent was a bit unique. There's probably some accounting noise as some of our new acquisitions come online. We also just had a lot of heavy development that was occurring late last year, really throughout 2025 in areas that are pretty gas-rich including one of our other acquisitions. A couple of our acquisitions were some really high-interest wells in Culberson County were drilled over a pretty short time frame. And so I think our expectation is we were kind of mid-30% oil cuts. I do think that's going to trend back up. And if you look at it as a more normalized long term, it should get back up 40% plus over time. So really more kind of something unique to TPL. And the reality is even as diversified as our royalty interests are the way that people operate, they can park a rig and a completion crew in an area and can affect some of the mix with drilling a whole bunch of 3- and 4-mile laterals, the production that comes online can be significant. And so there's a lot of different factors that I think led to the -- what we might see as a pretty high gas cut. But I do think we will see both that oil trend back up and become a more meaningful part of the production mix on a go-forward basis. Operator: Next question, Oliver Huang with Tudor, Pickering. Hsu-Lei Huang: Just wanted to hit on, I guess, thoughts around the buyback. I mean, I know there have been some royalty bolt-ons over the past 12 to 18 months in addition to the land acquisition here. But it's been several quarters since there's been anything meaningful on the buyback front. Just trying to get a better understanding how does this reflect your current view of where the equity sits from a valuation perspective? Is this something that's being purposely done just to build capital for bigger near-term asks across whether it be royalty M&A, land, power and desal investments? Chris Steddum: Yes. Right now, there's a lot of really good opportunity set as we've seen the Shackelford acquisition is one of those. And I think one of our big thoughts when it comes to capital allocation is kind of putting those dollars toward best and highest use. And we just continue to see a lot of great opportunities out there where we feel like we want to be kind of in that cash build mode for now. And that's not to say that in the future, we retain the right to go out and do buybacks if that at the time becomes what we would view as a very attractive use of capital. And so it is always on our mind. We are always considering that as a way to deploy our capital. As we sit here today in the environment that we're in right now, building cash seems like and deploying it for some of these other opportunities is kind of where we want to focus. But buybacks are always on the table and something we're constantly looking at. Hsu-Lei Huang: Okay. Perfect. Maybe just a follow-up on desal. Apologies if I missed it earlier, but just any sort of color in terms of just initial takeaways? How is what you all seen early on just kind of changed your conviction level in terms of what next steps might be? And what should we kind of be watchful for on that front? Robert Crain: If anything, over the time, our belief that beneficial reuse and produced water desal will take hold as part of that mix only grows stronger. I think if you look at total water production, it continues to climb. It will continue to climb as you get into some of these Tier 2 zones that just have a higher water cut. So we were some of the first early adopters to why we are where we are and ahead of the industry in the facility is because we knew it was going to be part of that takeaway mix. That belief only gets stronger. I think what helps even strengthen that further is the interest we're seeing from the hyperscalers and the AI labs for eventually implementing this into a sourcing mix as we see the compute build-out in West Texas. To note, we're done in build. We're commissioning. Actually, on Monday, we will be hosting our grand opening and ribbon cutting at the facility. The interest we're seeing not just from the operators, we'll be attending legislators, regulators, but also multiple hyperscalers that will be on site with us on Monday as we commission the facility. Hsu-Lei Huang: Awesome. Maybe one more follow-up, if I could squeeze it in. Just kind of on your earlier comments with working with the compute user in the Shackelford, Jones County area. Any sort of color as to how quickly you can recycle the opportunity set into actual revenue dollars that start to come through the financial statements? Tyler Glover: Repeat the last part of that question, sorry. Hsu-Lei Huang: Just how quickly could we start seeing actual revenue dollars start to come through the financial statements given that specific opportunity set? Tyler Glover: Yes. Like I said, that's one that we've been working on for a while. We're a year into diligence. We're working with Bolt to develop that project. We've already started working with the local communities there on tax abatements and other things that are kind of like the tail end of the diligence process. So that's one that I would be very disappointed if we don't have a definitive agreement to announce in the very near term. Robert Crain: Yes. Real quick follow-up on what we see as this opportunity and how we're preparing for it. When we look at the near-term sourcing mixes that we're looking for these data centers and what we need to do to prepare for it, the water sourcing is varied. The eventual goal is to get produced water into data center usage. But near term, we know that we have to build out a team and build out systems for the non-potable construction water usage, the potable water that goes into the man camps. And even as far as the demand water that's used in the closed-loop system. So when we look at that, we know we've got to build a new division, a new team around that, bring in folks that the chemist of the world and these direct chip design guys, cooling design, closed-loop systems. So it's moving fast. It's moving rapidly, as Ty said, it kind of is growing by the week right now as we see the interest in West Texas compute. Operator: Thank you. This concludes today's teleconference. You may disconnect your lines at this time, and we thank you for your participation. 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Interested in Texas Pacific Land Corporation? Here are five stocks we like better. Record second-quarter results: Revenue rose 31% year over year to approximately $246 million, while adjusted EBITDA reached $216 million and free cash flow totaled $156 million. Oil and gas royalty production increased 20% year over year, and produced-water royalty volumes rose 15%. Expanding data-center and power strategy: TPL acquired more than 10,000 acres in Texas for about $100 million and is in advanced discussions involving 25 gigawatts of potential projects with hyperscalers, AI labs and power generators. The company also disclosed that its previously announced land and water agreement supports Chevron’s Project Kilby data-center power facility. Desalination facility enters commissioning: TPL began commissioning its Orla, Texas, Phase 2B facility, which is designed to process up to 10,000 barrels of produced water per day and supply freshwater for industrial and data-center cooling. Full-year capital expenditure guidance remains $65 million to $75 million. Microsoft Solves AI’s Biggest Bottleneck With Chevron Deal Texas Pacific Land (NYSE:TPL) reported record quarterly revenue, net income and free cash flow for the second quarter of 2026, supported by higher oil and gas royalty production, produced-water royalty volumes and surface-related revenue. Chief Executive Officer Ty Glover said the company generated record results across major financial and operating measures while advancing initiatives involving data-center infrastructure, power generation and produced-water desalination. → No Hangover: Revisiting Microsoft One Week After Earnings The S&P 500's 3 Best-Performing Stocks So Far in 2026 Chief Financial Officer Chris Steddum said consolidated revenue totaled approximately $246 million, a quarterly record and an increase of 4% from the prior quarter and 31% from a year earlier. Adjusted EBITDA was $216 million, up 19% sequentially and 30% year over year, with an adjusted EBITDA margin of 88%. Free cash flow reached $156 million, rising 14% from the first quarter and 20% from the second quarter of 2025, Steddum said. → MarketBeat Week in Review – 08/03 - 08/07 3 Cash Cow Stocks Leading Their Sectors in Free Cash Flow Margins Oil and gas royalty production averaged about 39,700 barrels of oil equivalent per day, increasing 7% sequentially and 20% year over year. Glover said the company’s unhedged royalty position enabled it to benefit from the stronger oil-price environment during the quarter. Produced-water royalty volumes reached 4.9 million barrels per day, a 6% sequential increase and a 15% year-over-year increase. Glover attributed the gain to demand for TPL’s in-basin and out-of-basin pore space. → Why the Landlord of the AI Boom Could Outlast the Chipmakers Water sales volumes were 663,000 barrels per day, down 19% from the prior quarter but up 38% from a year earlier. According to Glover, quarterly water-sales volumes were affected by weak in-basin natural-gas prices, which led operators to shift some development away from the Delaware Basin. He said the company expects new gas-pipeline capacity entering service over the next several quarters to improve local gas-price differentials and potentially support a mix shift back toward the Delaware Basin. Surface, land and material revenue, or SLEM revenue, totaled $24 million, up 37% sequentially, driven by pipeline and wellbore easements, Glover said. As of the end of the quarter, TPL had 5.6 net permitted wells, 9.5 net drilled-but-uncompleted wells and 3.4 net completed-but-not-producing wells, for a total of 18.4 net line-of-sight wells. Year-to-date capital expenditures were $29 million. The company disclosed that a previously announced land sale and water-supply agreement relates to Project Kilby, a large-scale power-generation facility that Chevron is developing to support a customer data center in Reeves County, Texas. Glover described the multi-gigawatt power and data-center development as a validation of the Permian Basin’s ability to host hyperscale infrastructure. During the quarter, TPL also acquired more than 10,000 acres in Shackelford and Jones counties for about $100 million. Glover said the area is among the fastest-growing data-center regions in the country and offers contiguous land and water resources, access to natural gas and grid infrastructure, established fiber and proximity to a mid-size city. In response to analyst questions, Glover said TPL had conducted diligence on the property for more than a year and that it was of interest to a compute user the company had been working with. He said TPL seeks to remain capital-light while participating across potential project revenue streams, including land use, water and aggregates. Glover said the company was in advanced conversations with hyperscalers, artificial-intelligence labs and power generators involving 25 gigawatts of projects. He said he would be disappointed if TPL did not announce one or more major definitive agreements in the near term, while noting that execution requires work with multiple counterparties and extensive diligence. Steddum said the company has prioritized building cash and deploying capital toward what it views as high-return opportunities, including land acquisitions and other growth initiatives. While share repurchases remain under consideration, he said the company currently sees attractive alternatives for its capital. TPL completed construction and began commissioning its Phase 2B produced-water desalination facility in Orla, Texas. The facility is designed to eventually process 10,000 barrels per day and uses the company’s patented freeze-desalination process. Glover said the process could create high-specification freshwater for applications including industrial cooling, irrigation, rangeland rehabilitation, stream-flow augmentation and data-center cooling. The facility also produces concentrated brine that could potentially be used to extract minerals such as lithium. Robert Crain, executive vice president of Texas Pacific Water Resources, said interest from hyperscalers and AI labs in using produced water for data-center operations has been substantial. He said potential applications include water-consumptive building cooling and direct chip cooling, where the company’s process produces ice and chilled water. Crain said TPL plans to conduct desalination co-location studies during 2026, including investigations into chip-cooling applications and waste-heat recovery equipment that could reduce the process’s energy consumption. The company expects to host a grand opening and ribbon cutting for the Orla facility as commissioning continues. Steddum reaffirmed TPL’s full-year capital expenditure guidance of $65 million to $75 million. The guidance includes planned spending in the second half of the year to evaluate cooling co-location and waste-heat-capture opportunities at the Orla Phase 2B facility. On production mix, Steddum said the oil component of royalty production had been affected by development in relatively gas-rich areas and by new acquisitions. He said TPL’s oil cut, which had been in the mid-30% range, should trend back above 40% over time. Texas Pacific Land Corporation (NYSE: TPL) is a Texas-based land management company that derives revenue from the ownership and stewardship of large tracts of land and associated mineral rights in West Texas. The company's origins trace to 19th century land grants associated with the Texas and Pacific Railway; over time those grant holdings have been retained and managed as a standalone corporate asset base. Texas Pacific Land is publicly listed and operates as a landowner and resource manager rather than as a traditional oil and gas producer. The company's primary activities include management of surface rights and leasing of land for energy and other commercial uses, administration of mineral royalty interests, and provision of water and related services to industrial customers. This instant news alert was generated by narrative science technology and financial data from MarketBeat in order to provide readers with the fastest reporting and unbiased coverage. 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This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Release Date: August 06, 2026 For the complete transcript of the earnings call, please refer to the full earnings call transcript. Texas Pacific Land Corp (NYSE:TPL) delivered record quarterly total revenue, net income, and free cash flow, with consolidated revenues reaching approximately $246 million, up 31% year over year. Oil and gas royalty production hit a record average of approximately 39,700 barrels of oil equivalent per day, up 20% year over year, and the company's unhedged position allowed it to fully benefit from strong oil prices. Produced water royalty volumes reached a record 4.9 million barrels per day, up 15% year over year, driven by strong demand for both in-basin and out-of-basin pore space. The company is making significant strategic progress in data center and power generation efforts, including the multi-gigawatt Project Gilby with Chevron and a new 10,000-acre land acquisition in Shackelford and Jones County, Texas, expanding its footprint beyond the Permian. Construction of the Orla Phase 2B desalination facility is complete and commissioning has commenced, with strong interest from hyperscalers and AI labs for potential co-location and beneficial reuse of produced water streams. Management is in advanced conversations with multiple hyperscalers, AI labs, and power generators on 25 gigawatts of projects, with expectations of announcing at least one or more major definitive agreements in the near term. Water sales volumes declined 19% sequentially in the second quarter due to weak in-basin natural gas prices, as operators shifted some development activity away from the Delaware Basin. The oil cut in production mix dipped to the mid-30% range, lower than the expected normalized long-term level of 40% plus, partly due to accounting noise from new acquisitions and heavy development in gas-rich areas. The company has paused share buybacks for several quarters, choosing to build cash to deploy toward other opportunities like land acquisitions, which may not be the most favorable use of capital if the stock is undervalued. The Shackelford and Jones County land acquisition represents a step-out beyond the company's legacy footprint, introducing execution risk in a new region and requiring new expertise in data center development. The desalination facility is still in early commissioning stages, and the company has yet to demonstrate that produced water desalination can work at scale, with commercial viability and revenue generation still unproven. The company's capital expenditure guidance of $65 million to $75 million for the year includes spending on co-location cooling and waste heat capture investigations, which are exploratory and may not yield immediate returns. Warning! GuruFocus has detected 2 Warning Signs with TPL. Is TPL fairly valued? Test your thesis with our free DCF calculator. Q: How should we frame the opportunity with the Shackelford and Jones County land acquisition, and what revenue streams could it involve? A: CEO Tyler Glover explained that the acquisition is a step beyond the legacy Permian footprint but reflects the enormous power and compute opportunity in West Texas. The company did over a year of diligence on the property, which was attractive to a compute user they've been working with. TPL aims to replicate its oil and gas value-chain approachland use, water, aggregatesto capture as much value as possible while remaining capital-light. Q: Given the vast existing surface acreage, should we expect more sizable acquisitions like this, and how much of the opportunity can be leveraged off the existing footprint versus buying more? A: Glover stated that the primary objective is to develop existing resources, but the opportunity set extends beyond the legacy footprint. TPL is in advanced conversations with multiple hyperscalers, AI labs, and power generators on 25 gigawatts of projects. He expressed confidence in announcing at least one or more major definitive agreements in the near term, justifying the need to look outside the existing footprint. Q: Water royalty volumes were a record in Q2, with revenue per barrel at the high end (~$0.08). Should we model this to continue ramping over the next year or two? A: CFO Chris Stedham noted that existing contracts have built-in price escalators, and pore space should become more valuable over time. He added a caveat that transportation royalties are typically slightly less than pore-space-based injection royalties, so as the mix changes, the royalty rate should remain steady to increasing. Q: Oil production ticked down about 5% in Q2, contrary to operator comments about pulling volumes forward. What happened, and how do you see oil volumes trending amid the rig ramp in the Permian? A: Stedham attributed the lower oil cut to unique factors, including accounting noise from new acquisitions and heavy development in gas-rich areas, particularly high-interest wells in Culberson County drilled over a short timeframe. He expects the oil cut, currently in the mid-30% range, to trend back up to 40%+ over time as a more normalized long-term level. Q: It's been several quarters since meaningful buybacks. Does this reflect your view on equity valuation, or is it purposeful to build capital for bigger near-term deals (royalty M&A, land, power, desal investments)? A: Stedham explained that TPL is in a "cash build mode" given the strong opportunity set, such as the Shackelford acquisition. The company aims to deploy dollars toward the best and highest use. While buybacks remain on the table and are constantly evaluated, deploying capital into these growth opportunities is the current focus. Q: Any initial takeaways from the desalination facility (Phase 2B) that have changed your conviction level, and what should we watch for? A: EVP Robert Crane stated that the belief in beneficial reuse and produced water desalination only grows stronger as total water production climbs. The interest from hyperscalers and AI labs for implementing this into their sourcing mix strengthens the case. The company is hosting a grand opening and ribbon-cutting at the facility, with multiple hyperscalers, legislators, and regulators attending. Q: How quickly can the Shackelford/Jones County opportunity translate into actual revenue dollars in the financial statements? A: Glover noted the project has been in diligence for over a year, and TPL is working with Bolt Beta Energy to develop it. They've already started working with local communities on tax abatements, which is the tail end of the diligence process. A definitive agreement could be announced in the very near term. Q: Can you provide more color on the water sourcing strategy for data centers and how TPL is preparing for it? A: Crane explained that while the eventual goal is to get produced water into data center usage, near-term needs include non-potable construction water, potable water for man camps, and demineralized water for closed-loop systems. TPL is building a new division and team around this, bringing in experts in chemistry, direct chip cooling design, and closed-loop systems, as the interest in West Texas compute grows rapidly. For the complete transcript of the earnings call, please refer to the full earnings call transcript.