TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Related Party Transactions [Abstract]

TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

Revenues

The Company has contracted to provide services including gas gathering, compression, processing, transmission, and NGL transmission, pursuant to acreage dedications provided by Apache, comprising the entire Alpine High acreage. In accordance with the terms of these agreements, the Company receives prescribed fees based on the type and volume of product for which the services are provided. Additionally, beginning in 2020, Altus Midstream entered into three agreements to provide operating and maintenance services for Apache’s compressors in exchange for a fixed monthly fee per compressor serviced.

Revenues generated under these agreements are presented on the Company’s statement of consolidated operations as “Midstream services revenue — affiliate.” Revenues earned that have not yet been invoiced to Apache are presented on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet as “Revenue receivables.” Refer to Note 3—Revenue Recognition for further discussion.

Cost and Expenses

The Company has no employees and receives certain operational, maintenance, and management services from Apache under the COMA. Under the COMA, the Company incurred operations and maintenance expenses of $0.8 million and $1.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. The Company incurred general and administrative expenses of $2.2 million and $2.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, including expenses related to the COMA. Further information on this related-party agreement in place during the period is provided below.

Construction, Operations and Maintenance Agreement

At the closing of the Business Combination, the Company entered into the COMA with Apache. Under the terms of the COMA, Apache provides certain services related to the design, development, construction, operation, management, and maintenance of certain gathering, processing and other midstream assets, on behalf of the Company. In return, the Company paid or will pay fees to Apache of (i) $5.0 million for the period of January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020, (ii) $7.0 million for the period of January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021 and (iii) $9.0 million annually thereafter, adjusted based on actual internal overhead and general and administrative costs incurred, until terminated. The annual fee was negotiated as part of the Business Combination to reimburse Apache for indirect costs of performing administrative corporate functions for the Company, including services for information technology, risk management, corporate planning, accounting, cash management, and others.

In addition, Apache may be reimbursed for certain internal costs and third-party costs incurred in connection with its role as service provider under the COMA. Costs incurred by Apache directly associated with midstream activity, where substantially all the services are rendered for Altus Midstream, are charged to Altus Midstream on a monthly basis.

The COMA stipulates that the Company shall provide reimbursement of amounts owing to Apache attributable to a particular month by no later than the last day of the immediately following month. Unpaid amounts accrue interest until settled.

The COMA will continue to be effective until terminated (i) upon the mutual consent of Altus and Apache, (ii) by either of Altus and Apache, at its option, upon 30 days’ prior written notice in the event Apache or an affiliate no longer owns a direct or indirect interest in at least 50 percent of the voting or other equity securities of Altus, or (iii) by Altus if Apache fails to perform any of its covenants or obligations due to willful misconduct of certain key personnel and such failure has a material adverse financial impact on Altus.

Distributions to Apache

In December 2020, the Company’s Board of Directors declared a cash dividend of $1.50 per share on the Company’s Class A Common Stock, totaling $5.6 million, which was paid to stockholders in the first quarter of 2021. This payment included a payment of approximately $0.5 million to Apache due to its 9.8 percent ownership of the Company’s Class A Common Stock. The Class A Common Stock dividend was funded by a distribution from Altus Midstream to its common unitholders of $1.50 per Common Unit, totaling $24.4 million, of which $5.6 million, as noted above, was paid to the Company to fund the cash dividend payment, and the balance of $18.8 million was paid to Apache due to its 76.9 percent ownership of outstanding Common Units. Please refer to Note 9—Equity for further information.